Found 4 items, similar to remedy.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: remedy
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: remedy
obat
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: remedy
remedy
n 1: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn:
redress,
remediation]
2: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
[syn:
curative,
cure]
v 1: set straight or right;
“remedy these deficiencies”;
“rectify
the inequities in salaries”;
“repair an oversight” [syn:
rectify,
remediate,
repair,
amend]
2: provide relief for;
“remedy his illness” [syn:
relieve]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Remedy
Remedy
\Rem"e*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Remedied (-d?d); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Remedying.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F.
rem['e]dier. See
Remedy, n.]
To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to
repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
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I will remedy this gear ere long. --Shak.
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Remedy
\Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl.
Remedies (-d?z). [L.
remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See
Medical.]
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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.
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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.
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What may else be remedy or cure
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
He will instruct us. --Milton.
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3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
redress for a wrong.
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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.
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Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
relief; aid; help; assistance.
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