Remedy
WordNet

noun


(1)   Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
(2)   A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

verb


(3)   Provide relief for
"Remedy his illness"
(4)   Set straight or right
"Remedy these deficiencies"
"Rectify the inequities in salaries"
"Repair an oversight"
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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.

Verb



  1. To provide or serve as a remedy for.
    • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 27.
      Nor is geometry, when taken into the assistance of natural philosophy, ever able to remedy this defect,

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