'Remedy' definitions:
Definition of 'remedy'
From: WordNet
noun
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: redress, remedy, remediation]
noun
verb
Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend]
verb
Provide relief for; "remedy his illness" [syn: remedy, relieve]
Definition of 'Remedy'
From: GCIDE
- Remedy \Rem"e*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remedied (-d?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remedying.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. rem['e]dier. See Remedy, n.] To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract. [1913 Webster]
- I will remedy this gear ere long. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Remedy'
From: GCIDE
- Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'remedy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- abet,
- aid,
- allayment,
- alleviate,
- alleviation,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- amends,
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetizing,
- answer,
- antacid,
- antidote,
- appeasement,
- assist,
- assistance,
- assuagement,
- avail,
- bail out,
- bandage,
- bathe,
- bear a hand,
- befriend,
- benefit,
- bring around,
- bring round,
- buffer,
- care for,
- comfort,
- compensate,
- compensation,
- control,
- correct,
- correction,
- corrective,
- counteractant,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterirritant,
- countermeasure,
- counterstep,
- cure,
- cure-all,
- curing,
- deadening,
- diagnose,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- do good,
- doctor,
- drug,
- dulling,
- ease,
- easement,
- easing,
- elixir,
- emend,
- favor,
- fixing,
- flux,
- give a boost,
- give a hand,
- give a lift,
- give care to,
- give help,
- give satisfaction,
- good offices,
- heal,
- healing,
- help,
- improve,
- lend a hand,
- lend one aid,
- lessening,
- lulling,
- make all square,
- make good,
- make right,
- making right,
- massage,
- medicament,
- medication,
- medicinal,
- medicine,
- mend,
- mending,
- minister to,
- ministration,
- ministry,
- mitigate,
- mitigation,
- mollification,
- neutralizer,
- nostrum,
- nullifier,
- numbing,
- nurse,
- office,
- offices,
- offset,
- operate on,
- overhaul,
- overhauling,
- palliation,
- panacea,
- pay reparations,
- pharmaceutical,
- pharmacon,
- physic,
- plaster,
- poultice,
- prescribe,
- prescription,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- proffer aid,
- prophylactic,
- protect,
- protection,
- pull round,
- purge,
- put right,
- put straight,
- put to rights,
- rally,
- reclaim,
- recompense,
- rectification,
- rectify,
- recure,
- redeem,
- redress,
- reduction,
- reform,
- relief,
- relieve,
- remunerate,
- render assistance,
- repair,
- repairing,
- reparation,
- requite,
- rescue,
- restorative,
- restore,
- restore to health,
- resuscitate,
- revive,
- right,
- rub,
- salving,
- satisfaction,
- save,
- service,
- set right,
- set straight,
- set to rights,
- set up,
- softening,
- solution,
- soothe,
- soothing,
- specific,
- splint,
- straighten out,
- strap,
- subduement,
- succor,
- support,
- take in tow,
- therapy,
- treat,
- treatment,
- troubleshooting,
- work a cure