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redresses

noun

Meaning

  1. The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
  2. A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
  3. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
  4. To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
  5. To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
  6. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
  7. To put upright again; to restore.
  8. The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
  9. To dress again.
  10. To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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