Redress

v. t. [imp. & p. p. REDRESSED (re-drĕst’); p. pr. & vb. n. REDRESSING.] [Prefix re and dress; Fr. redresser, Pr. redressar, It. ridrizzare, ridirizzare.] 1. To put in order again; to set right; to amend; to revise. [Rare.] *In yonder spring of roses Find what to redress till noon.* Milton. When last in Philadelphia, you mentioned to me your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. A. Hamilton. 2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. *Those wrongs, those bitter injuries. . . I doubt not but with honor to redress.* Shak. 3. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of any thing unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? Byron.

n. 1. Reformation; amendment. [Rare.] For us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves. Hooker.

2Sense 2. Deliverance from wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. There is occasion for redress when the cry is universal. Davenant.

3Sense 3. One who gives relief; a redresser. Fair majesty, the refuge and redress Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress. Dryden.