Redress
Redress (rē*dres") , transitive verb
[Prefix re- + dress.]
To dress again.
Redress (re*dres") , transitive verb
[French redresser to straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See Dress.]
1.
To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [Rare]
The common profit could she redress.
In yonder spring of roses intermixed
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.
Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared.
2.
To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
Those wrongs, those bitter injuries,...
I doubt not but with honor to redress.
3.
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
'T is thine, O king! the afflicted to redress.
Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye?
Redress , noun
1.
The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [Rare]
Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves.
2.
A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. — Shakespeare
A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal.
3.
One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
Fair majesty, the refuge and redress
Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress.