Remedy
noun, plural remedies.
1.
something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
2.
something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind.
3.
Law. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.
4.
Coining. a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins; tolerance.
verb (used with object), remedied, remedying.
5.
to cure, relieve, or heal.
6.
to restore to the natural or proper condition; put right:
to remedy a matter.
7.
to counteract or remove:
to remedy an evil.
noun (pl) -dies
1.
usually foll by for or against. any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms
2.
usually foll by for or against. anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc: a remedy for industrial disputes
3.
the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance
verb (transitive)
4.
to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy
5.
to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct
remedy rem·e·dy (rěm’ĭ-dē)
n.
Something, such as medicine or therapy, that relieves pain, cures disease, or corrects a disorder. v. rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing, rem·e·dies
To relieve or cure a disease or disorder.
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