Synonyms of the word

redress

• v. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
• v. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
• v. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To put upright again; to restore.
• n. The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
• n. A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification;…
• n. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
• v. To dress again.
• v. (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
• n. (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

amends

• n. Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amend.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

compensate

• v. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
• v. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy;…
• v. To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.

compensation

• n. The act or principle of compensating.
• n. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation…
• n. The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are…
• n. A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
• n. An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide…
• n. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision…

correct

• adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
• adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
• v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

correction

• n. The act of correcting.
• n. A substitution for an error or mistake.
• n. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
• n. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
• n. A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
• n. (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue…

damages

• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damage.
• n. (law) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in…

indemnification

• n. The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty.
• n. A reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty.
• n. The state of being indemnified.
• n. That which indemnifies.
• n. (law) indemnity.

indemnity

• n. (law) An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
• n. Repayment.
• n. (law) The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
• n. (insurance) A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored…

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

rectification

• n. The action or process of rectifying.
• n. (geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
• n. (geometry) The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the…
• n. (astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
• n. (chemistry, chemical engineering) Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.

remediation

• n. An action or process of remedying a situation.

remedy

• n. Something that corrects or counteracts.
• n. (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
• n. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
• v. (transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

restitution

• n. (law) A process of compensation for losses.
• n. The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
• n. A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
• n. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
• n. (medicine) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered,…

right

• adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
• adj. Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two…
• adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
• adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
• adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
• adj. Real; veritable.
• adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
• adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
• adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points…
• adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
• adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
• adv. On the right side.
• adv. Towards the right side.
• interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
• interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
• interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
• interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
• interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
• n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
• n. A legal or moral entitlement.
• n. The right side or direction.
• n. The right hand.
• n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
• n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
• v. To correct.
• v. To set upright.
• v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
• v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
• adv. Exactly, precisely.
• adv. Immediately, directly.
• adv. (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
• adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
• adv. In a correct manner.
• adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.