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correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, revise mean to make right what is wrong.
correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects.
rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed.
emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript.
remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil.
redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance.
amend, reform, revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changes
, reform implying drastic change
, and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes.
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Word History
Noun
Middle English remedie, from Anglo-French, from Latin remedium, from re- + mederi to heal — more at medical
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13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Remedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remedy. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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