redress

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Indians belonging to another, that instead of the tribes going to war, they should apply for and receive redress from the American Government.

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  1. transitive verb To set right; remedy or rectify.
  2. transitive verb To make amends to.
  3. transitive verb To make amends for. See Synonyms at correct.

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  • We were therefore obliged to abandon all idea of redress, and were left entirely dependent upon the earnings of my husband, which were derived from his contributions to the “Fine Arts Quarterly Review,” and to a few periodicals of less importance. —  Philip Gilbert Hamerton
  • A third potential avenue of redress is the so-called claim of right rule, which is often contested by the I.R.S. This rule applies to investors who claim theft-loss deductions but cannot use them because they do not have enough ordinary income to offset the deduction. —  Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector
  • If this redress is refused, I will have no other recourse than to consider myself a rebel and no longer bound by the law. —  The Freedom Fighter's Journal
  • There must be a means to address, redress, and punish. —  debito.org
  • Getting no redress, they turned to the grand tradition of earlier Boston patriots and attacked the courts with clubs. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English redressen, from Old French redrecier : re-, re- + drecier, to arrange; see dress.

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  1. from Middle English redressen, from Old French redrescer, redrecer, redrecier, redresser, French redresser, set up again, straighten, from re-, again, + dresser, direct, dress: see dress.
  2. from Old French redresse, redresce, redrece, redress; from the verb: see redress, v.
  3. from re- + dress.
 

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