remedy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
    remediation; redress.
  2. noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
    curative; cure; therapeutic.
  3. verb set straight or right
    amend; repair; remediate; rectify.
    • remedy these deficiencies
    • rectify the inequities in salaries
    • repair an oversight
  4. verb provide relief for
    relieve.
    • remedy his illness

WordNet

Rem"e*dy noun
Etymology
L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. remède remedy, remédier to remedy. See Medical.
Wordforms
plural Remedies
Definitions
  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. Milton.
  3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Syn. -- Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance.
Rem"e*dy transitive verb
Etymology
L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. remdier. See Remedy, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Remedied present participle & verbal noun Remedying
Definitions
  1. 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. Shak.

Webster 1913