Meaning & Definition of Remedy in English
English⟶
Remedy
/rɛmədi/
noun
1. Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
synonym:
- redress,
- remedy,
- remediation
2. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
synonym:
- remedy,
- curative,
- cure,
- therapeutic
verb
1. Set straight or right
- "Remedy these deficiencies"
- "Rectify the inequities in salaries"
- "Repair an oversight"
synonym:
- rectify,
- remediate,
- remedy,
- repair,
- amend
2. Provide relief for
- "Remedy his illness"
synonym:
- remedy,
- relieve
Examples of using
Complaining won't remedy the situation.
Don't worry. We can remedy the mistake we've made.
To the same tune of warmongers dances an English Weismannist-Morganist called Faucet, who said that if no form of birth control was introduced, humanity was left a sole remedy only - "to appeal to the ancient trinity: war, disease and hunger."