Remedy

Definition of Remedy

Rem´e`dy Pronunciation: r?m´?-d?

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.

That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; - followed by for or against, formerly by to.

What may else be remedy or cure
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
He will instruct us.

- Milton.

(Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.

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.

v. t.

To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

[imp. & p. p. Remedied (-d?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remedying.]

I will remedy this gear ere long.

- Shak.

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