redress

redress
исправлять, восстанавливать

to redress a balance — восстанавливать равновесие


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  • redress — re‧dress [rɪˈdres] noun [uncountable] formal something, especially money, that you want or get from someone because they have caused you harm or damaged your property: • She is seeking redress in the courts. * * * Ⅰ. redress UK US /rɪˈdres/ verb… …   Financial and business terms

  • redress — re·dress /ri dres, rē ˌdres/ n 1 a: relief from distress b: a means of obtaining a remedy 2: compensation (as damages) for wrong or loss re·dress /ri dres/ vt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of La …   Law dictionary

  • Redress — Re*dress (r?*dr?s ), v. t. [F. redresser to straighten; pref. re re + dresser to raise, arrange. See {Dress.}] [1913 Webster] 1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [R.] [1913 Webster] The common profit could she redress.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Redress — Re*dress , n. 1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [R.] [1913 Webster] Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • redress — ► VERB 1) remedy or set right. 2) archaic set upright again. ► NOUN ▪ remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance. ● redress the balance Cf. ↑redress the balance ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • redress — [ri dres′; ] for n., usually [ rē′dres΄] vt. [ME redressen < OFr redrecier: see RE & DRESS] 1. to set right; rectify or remedy, often by making compensation for (a wrong, grievance, etc.) 2. Now Rare to make amends to n. 1. a compensation or… …   English World dictionary

  • redress — vb emend, remedy, amend, *correct, rectify, reform, revise Analogous words: *relieve, lighten, alleviate, assuage, mitigate, allay: repair, *mend redress n *reparation, amends, restitution, indemnity Analogous words: compensation, offsettin …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • redress — [n] help, compensation aid, amendment, amends, assistance, atonement, balancing, change, conciliation, correction, cure, ease, indemnity, justice, offsetting, payment, quittance, recompense, rectification, reestablishment, reformation,… …   New thesaurus

  • Redress — Re*dress (r?*dr?s ), v. t. [Pref. re + dress.] To dress again. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • redress — (v.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. redrecier, from re again (see RE (Cf. re )) + drecier to straighten, arrange (see DRESS (Cf. dress) (v.)). Formerly used in many more senses than currently. Related: Redressed; redressing …   Etymology dictionary

  • redress — [[t]rɪdre̱s[/t]] redresses, redressing, redressed (The noun is also pronounced [[t]ri͟ːdres[/t]] in American English.) 1) VERB If you redress something such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the… …   English dictionary


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