redress meaning and definition

REDRESS noun

Definition of redress (noun)

1. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
   • synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, restitution
2. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
   • synonyms: remediation, remedy

REDRESS verb

Definition of redress (verb)

1. make reparations or amends for
   • "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
   • synonyms: compensate, correct, right
   • antonym: wrong