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Definitions for Remedy

[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] Law . legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.
[4] Coining . a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins; tolerance.
[5] to cure, relieve, or heal.
[6] to restore to the natural or proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter.
[7] to counteract or remove: to remedy an evil.
[8] (usually foll by for or against ) any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms
[9] (usually foll by for or against ) anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc a remedy for industrial disputes
[10] the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance
[11] to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy
[12] to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct

Words related to Remedy

cure-all, fix, drug, redress, therapy, treatment, antidote, medicine, panacea, pill, relief, countermeasure, restore, mitigate, rectify, amend, assuage, relieve, solve, alleviate

Words nearby Remedy

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Origin of Remedy

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English remedie < Anglo-French < Latin remedium, equivalent to re- re- + med(ērī ) to heal, assuage, remedy (cf. medical) + -ium -ium; (v.) late Middle English remedien (< Middle French remedier ) < Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium

Other words from Remedy

non·rem·e·dy , noun, plural non·rem·e·dies.
un·rem·e·died , adjective

Word origin for Remedy

C13: from Anglo-Norman remedie , from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medical

Synonyms for Remedy

antidote, countermeasure, cure-all, drug, fix, medicine, panacea, pill, quick fix, redress, relief, therapy, treatment, assistance, corrective, counteraction, elixir, improvement, medicament, pharmaceutical, physic, restorative, support, biologic, counteractant, counteractive, counteragent, counterstep, medicant, pharmacon