<b><font size="4">"remedy"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: <a href="../redress.html">redress</a>, <a href="../remediation.html">remediation</a>] </li> <li>a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: <a href="../curative.html">curative</a>, <a href="../cure.html">cure</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: <a href="../rectify.html">rectify</a>, <a href="../remediate.html">remediate</a>, <a href="../repair.html">repair</a>, <a href="../amend.html">amend</a>] </li> <li>provide relief for; "remedy his illness" [syn: <a href="../relieve.html">relieve</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../remedy.html">http://www.word.sc/remedy</a>

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