English Explanatory Dictionary

remedy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that corrects or counteracts.
  2. The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
  3. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
  4. The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
verb
  1. To provide or serve as a remedy for.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛmədi/ en-us-remedy.ogg

Word forms

remedy remedies remedying remedied

Etymology

From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.

Synonyms

remeid redress help correct cure

Related words

remediable remedial

Derived words

Bach flower remedy builder's remedy home remedy judicial remedy legal remedy nonremedy remediless unremedied
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