Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (v. t.) To put in order again; to set right; to revise; as to redress an unfair judgment. 2. (v. t.) To dress again. 3. (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. 4. (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. 5. (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. 6. (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. 7. (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
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