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Definition of redress noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

redress

noun
 
/rɪˈdres/
 
/rɪˈdres/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. payment, etc. that you should get for something wrong that has happened to you or harm that you have suffered synonym compensation
    • to have little prospect of redress
    • redress for something to seek legal redress for unfair dismissal
    • redress against something to provide/obtain redress against something
    Word OriginMiddle English: the verb from Old French redresser; the noun via Anglo-Norman French redresse.
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