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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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   verb (used with object) , rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing. to cure, relieve, or heal. Antonyms: worsen. to restore to the natural or proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter. Synonyms: correct, repair, renew, redress. to counteract or remove: to remedy an evil.

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   Definitions of remedy. noun. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieves pain. synonyms: curative, cure, therapeutic. see more. noun. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil. synonyms: redress, remediation. see more. verb. provide relief for. “ remedy his illness” synonyms: relieve. see more. verb. set straight or right.

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   remedy noun [C] (FOR A PROBLEM) B2. something that solves a problem: The remedy for the traffic problem is to encourage people to use public transport. remedy. verb [ T ] uk / ˈremədi / us. to solve a problem, or to improve a bad situation: They were able to remedy the problem very easily.

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   remedy. 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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   1. Something, such as a drug or a bandage, that is used to treat a symptom, disease, injury, or other condition. 2. a. Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error. b. Law The means of obtaining redress of a wrong or enforcement of a right. 3. The allowance by a mint for deviation from the standard weight or quality of coins.

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   noun. /ˈremədi/ (plural remedies) a way of dealing with or improving an unpleasant or difficult situation synonym solution. When the reservoir becomes blocked, the only remedy lies in cleaning the entire system. remedy for something There is no simple remedy for unemployment.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Drugs, medicines rem‧e‧dy1 /ˈremədi/ noun (plural remedies) [ countable] 1 a way of dealing with a problem or making a bad situation better SYN solution The problems in our schools do not have a simple remedy. remedy for The program is one remedy for discrimination. 2 a medicine...