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Rem·e·dy

/ˈremədē/

noun
- 1. a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury: "herbal remedies for aches and pains" Similar treatmentcuremedicinemedicationmedicamentdrugrestorativeantidoteprophylacticnostrumpanaceacure-alltherapyarchaic:physicspecific
- ▪ a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable: "shopping became a remedy for personal problems" Similar solutionanswercureantidotecorrectivecurativenostrumpanaceacure-allheal-allpalliativebalmmagic formulacountermeasureinformal:magic bullet
- ▪ a means of legal reparation: "the doctrine took away their only remedy against merchants who refused to honor their contracts" Similar (means of) redress(means of) reparationcomeback
- 2. the margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight.
verb
- 1. set right (an undesirable situation): "by the time a problem becomes patently obvious, it may be almost too late to remedy it" Similar put rightset rightset to rightsput to rightsrightrectifyretrievesolvefixsort output in orderstraighten outresolvedeal withcorrectrepairmendredressmake goodimproveamendamelioratemake betterbetter
Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French remedie, from Latin remedium, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + mederi ‘heal’.
Derivatives
- 1. remediless adjective
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noun. /ˈrɛmədi/. (pl. remedies) a way of dealing with or improving an unpleasant or difficult situation synonym solution remedy (for something) There is no simple remedy for unemployment. remedy (to something) There are a number of possible remedies to this problem.
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Definitions of 'remedy'. 1. A remedy is a successful way of dealing with a problem. [...] 2. A remedy is something that is intended to cure you when you are ill or in pain. [...] 3. If you remedy something that is wrong or harmful, you correct it or improve it.
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