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remedy

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛmədi/

The English word “remedy” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Something that corrects or counteracts.
  2. The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
  3. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
  4. The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.

verb

  1. To provide or serve as a remedy for.

Etymology

From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.

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