noun
Correction
revision, amendment, remedy, setting right, change, reformation, renewal, remodeling, reworking, reestablishment, rectification, relief, rehabilitation, repair.
Amends
compensation, satisfaction, payment, indemnity, retribution, requital, return, reparation, recompense, allowance, atonement, propitiation, adjustment, correction, conciliation, remission, indemnification, restitution, restoration; see also pay 2, reparation 2. See syn. study at reparation.
verb
set right, remedy, rectify; see correct 1.
See redress in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To make right what is wrong:
To exact revenge for or from:
To give compensation to:
Something to make up for loss or damage:
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