Meaning

noun a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

verb make reparations or amends for

originFrom Middle English redressen, from Anglo-Norman radresser, redrescer, redrescier and Middle French redresser (“to stand (someone or something) up; to stand up again; to rebuild, to repair something damaged, to rectify, to restore; to obtain redress; to cure; (of hair) to stand on end; to revise a judgment”) (modern French redresser), from Old French redrecier (“to stand (someone or something)…

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