1. Noun
That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
2. Noun
That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.
3. Noun
The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.
4. Noun
To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
5. Noun
What a court can order to address a legal wrong.
A legal means of enforcing a right or correcting a wrong.
“Damages were the principal remedy.”
6. Noun
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
7. Noun
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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