remedy

[rem·e·dy]

A remedy is something that relieves or cures a problem or illness. Aloe vera is a common remedy for sunburn.

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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.

Noun
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

Noun
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

Verb
provide relief for; "remedy his illness"

Verb
set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"


n.
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.

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

n.
The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.

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


Remedy

Rem"e*dy (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-dz). [L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. rem'8ade remedy, rem'82dier to remedy. See Medical.] 1. 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. 2. 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.
3. (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. Syn. -- Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance.

Remedy

Rem"e*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remedied (-d?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remedying.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. remdier. See Remedy, n.] To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
I will remedy this gear ere long.

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.

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

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Usage Examples

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.

The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities.

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Other Usage Examples

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Science may have found a cure for most evils but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.

People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these kinds of problems. Just focusing on the problems and trying to remedy them can be helpful.

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