Remedy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural rem·e·dies.
  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. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.
  4. a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins; tolerance.
verb (used with object), rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing.
  1. to cure, relieve, or heal.
  2. to restore to the natural or proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter.
  3. to counteract or remove: to remedy an evil.
noun plural -dies
  1. any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms
  2. anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc
  3. the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance
verb (tr)
  1. to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy
  2. to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct
Remedy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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