remedy

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to. Source: opted

3. n. The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Source: opted

4. n. To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract. Source: opted

5. n. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil Source: wordnet

6. n. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain Source: wordnet

7. v. set straight or right Source: wordnet

8. v. provide relief for Source: wordnet

9. 1. 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. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to. What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us. Milton. 3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil. -- Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance. Syn. -- Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance. To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract. I will remedy this gear ere long. Shak. Source: webster

10. The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for awrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil.-- Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation from thelegal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance. Source: adambom

11. v:24/n:76 n. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain v. provide relief for Source: ecdict

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