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remedy

Syllabification: (rem·e·dy)
Pronunciation: /ˈremədē/

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Definition of remedy

noun (plural remedies)

  • 1a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury:herbal remedies for aches and pains
  • a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable:shopping became a remedy for personal problems
  • a means of legal reparation:the doctrine took away their only remedy against merchants who refused to honor their contracts
  • 2the margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight.

verb (remedies, remedying, remedied)

[with object]
  • set right (an undesirable situation):by the time a problem becomes patently obvious, it may be almost too late to remedy it

Derivatives

remediless

adjective

Origin:

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French remedie, from Latin remedium, from re- 'back' (also expressing intensive force) + mederi 'heal'

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