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| re·dress [ ri dréss ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle re·dressed, present participle re·dress·ing, 3rd person present singular re·dress·es) |
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1. make up for something: to provide compensation or reparation for a loss or wrong experienced
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2. impose fairness on something: to adjust a situation in order to make things fair or equal
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noun |
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1. compensation: compensation or reparation for a loss or wrong a party has experienced
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2. act of compensating: the compensating of a party for a loss or wrong experienced
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| [14th century. < Old French redrecier< drecier< Latin directus "straight" (see direct)] |
