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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
remedy/ˈremədi/
▶noun (pl. remedies)
  • 1 a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury.
  • 2 a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable.
  • 3 a means of legal reparation.
  • 4 the margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight.
▶verb (remedies, remedying, remedied) rectify (an undesirable situation).
– derivatives
remediable adjective.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. remedie, from L. remedium, from re- ‘back’ + mederi ‘heal’.



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even the remedy for action
temporary remedy
to remedy
to seek any relief or remedy of any nature

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