remedy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
  2. noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
  3. verb set straight or right

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

redress, remediation

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