redress

noun

1. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

Synonym: remedyremediation

2. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

Synonym: damagesamendsindemnityindemnificationrestitution

redress的反义词

verb

1. make reparations or amends for

e.g. right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

Synonym: rightcompensatecorrect

1. 矫正;纠正;改正
If you redress something such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the person who has been badly treated.

redress的近义词

e.g. More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.
越来越多的受害人通过诉讼来申雪冤屈。

2. 调整;调节
If you redress the balance or the imbalance between two things that have become unfair or unequal, you make them fair and equal again.

e.g. So we're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.
所以我们正努力恢复平衡，让教师们感到口语和书面语同样重要。
e.g. ...to redress the economic imbalance between the developed countries and the developing countries.
解决发达国家和发展中国家间的经济失衡问题

3. （伤害或损失的)赔偿
Redress is money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss.

e.g. They are continuing their legal battle to seek some redress from the government.
他们正在继续进行法律斗争以向政府寻求一些赔偿。

1. 矫正：侦查违法行为、逮捕违法者(包括刑事犯)、通过法律程序矫正(redress)违法行为及刑事起诉都可由私人和法律事务所来进行. 如果成功的话,私人法律实施者会有权利保有全部的诉讼收益(proceeds of the suit)--例如,已决犯所交纳的罚金.

2. 纠正,补偿：10. somber 低沉的,暗淡的,严峻的 | 11. redress 纠正,补偿 | 12. pompous 自大的,浮夸的