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Definition of redress : 1. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
2. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
3. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
4. To dress again.
5. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
6. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
7. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.

Synonyms:

regaining, restoration, allowance, chastise, amendment, even out, objurgate, forgiveness, conciliation, reformation, castigate, amend, repayment, mend, setoff, quittance, discipline, pay back, cover, even off, cure, fix, decline, reform, repair, pay off, even up, requital, therapeutic, indemnity, vindicate, remission, indemnify, renewal, indemnification, remediation, chasten, make up, right, emend, damages, counterbalance, slump, payment, pay, substitute, revision, rehabilitation, wreak, requite, overcompensate, insurance, change, sort out, relief, curative, set, remodeling

atonement (part of speech: noun)

recompensation, redemption, penance, appeasement, reparation, satisfaction, retribution

recompense (part of speech: verb)

reimburse, remedy, adjust, compensate, rectify, atone, refund, recompense, correct, return, offset, settle, square, remunerate

atone (part of speech: verb)

make amends, restitute, retaliate, redeem, appease

restitution (part of speech: noun)

correction, settlement, adjustment, offsetting, rectification, atonement, squaring, compensation, restitution, reimbursement, remuneration, amends

revenge (part of speech: verb)

punishment, vengeance, punish, retaliation, counteraction

retaliate (part of speech: verb)

reprise, respond, avenge, counteract, reciprocate, counter, repay, exchange, counterblow, retribute, countercharge, return fire, revenge, retort

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