Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something, such as a drug or a bandage, that is used to treat a symptom, disease, injury, or other condition.
- noun Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.
- noun Law The means of obtaining redress of a wrong or enforcement of a right.
- noun The allowance by a mint for deviation from the standard weight or quality of coins.
- transitive verb To relieve or cure (a disease or disorder).
- transitive verb To counteract or rectify (a problem, mistake, or undesirable situation). synonym: correct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cure; heal: as, to remedy a disease.
- To repair or remove something evil from; restore to a natural or proper condition.
- To remove or counteract, as something evil; redress.
- noun That which cures a disease; any medicine or application or process which promotes restoration to health or alleviates the effects of disease: with for before the name of a disease.
- noun That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; relief; redress; reparation.
- noun In law, the means given for obtaining through a court of justice any right or compensation or redress for a wrong.
- noun In coining, a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins: same as
allowance , 7. - noun A course of action to bring about a certain result.
- noun Synonyms and Cure, restorative, specific, antidote, corrective.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
- noun That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with
for . - noun That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by
for oragainst , formerly byto . - noun (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.
- noun See under
Civil . - noun (Coinage) a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also
tolerance .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that
corrects orcounteracts . - noun law The
legal means torecover aright or toprevent orobtain redress for a wrong. - noun A
medicine ,application , ortreatment that relieves or cures adisease . - verb transitive To provide or serve as a remedy for.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provide relief for
- noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- verb set straight or right
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As a curious nonlawyer, how come the remedy is an injuction and not a writ of mandamus?
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Perhaps the availability of this remedy is the reason those responsible for the website have taken steps to remain faceless.
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Such a remedy is available for copyright violations, but not contract breaches.
Archive 2007-08-19 William "Papa" Meloney 2007
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Such a remedy is available for copyright violations, but not contract breaches.
BOYCOTT Open Source Violators William "Papa" Meloney 2007
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The other remedy is an extension of the principles enunciated some time ago by Dr. Horace Britton, of Toronto, when he pointed out that the primary duties of the electorate were not merely to cast their votes but to acquaint themselves with the candidates offering themselves for election and with the issues before the people.
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He goes on to say: We know what the remedy is, but we don't know how, or by whom the remedy is to be applied.
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While we are looking away off yonder for the solution to our difficulties, the remedy is all the time lying just under our noses!
The Hidden Hand 1888
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But what HE means by what you call his remedy is my making you feel better about himself. "
The Awkward Age Henry James 1879
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I think the remedy is more freedom of association except in increasingly limited areas.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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Chris Travers: I think the remedy is more freedom of association except in increasingly limited areas.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
myth commented on the word remedy
If you've got the poison, I've got the remedy.
February 16, 2009