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redress
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
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  1. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
  2. To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
  3. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
reform
To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a person of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.
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  1. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a person of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.
  2. To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or condition:
  3. To abolish abuse or malpractice in:
amend
To improve one's conduct
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  1. To improve one's conduct
  2. To better one's conduct; reform.
  3. To change or revise (a legislative bill, law, constitution, etc.)
amend
To add to, delete, correct, revise, or otherwise alter. To add to, delete, correct, revise, or otherwise alter.
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  1. To add to, delete, correct, revise, or otherwise alter. To add to, delete, correct, revise, or otherwise alter.
  2. To remove the faults of; correct; emend
  3. To change for the better; improve:
correct
To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.
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  1. To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.
  2. To indicate or mark the errors in:
  3. To make right; change from wrong to right; remove errors from
emend
To improve by critical editing:
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  1. To improve by critical editing:
  2. To make scholarly corrections or improvements in (a text)
  3. (Rare) To correct or improve
mend
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
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  1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
  2. To make better; improve; reform; set right
  3. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
redress
To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
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  1. To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
  2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
  3. To set right (an undesirable situation, for example); remedy or rectify.
reform
To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or condition:
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  1. To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or condition:
  2. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a person of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.
  3. To induce or persuade (a person) to give up harmful or immoral practices; cause to adopt a better way of life.
remedy
To correct or remove (an evil, etc.)
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  1. To correct or remove (an evil, etc.)
  2. To counteract or rectify (a problem, mistake, or undesirable situation).
  3. To put back in proper condition; put right
right
To put in order; set right
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  1. To put in order; set right
  2. On or toward the right hand or side
  3. Exactly; just:
reconcile
To compare (one financial account) so that it is consistent or compatible with another:
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  1. To compare (one financial account) so that it is consistent or compatible with another:
  2. To bring (oneself) to accept:
  3. To settle or resolve:
resolve
To become separated or reduced to constituents.
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  1. To become separated or reduced to constituents.
  2. To cause (a person) to reach a decision:
  3. To bring to a usually successful conclusion:
settle
To cause to sink, become compact, or come to rest:
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  1. To cause to sink, become compact, or come to rest:
  2. To reach a decision; decide:
  3. To become more stable or composed; stop fluctuating or changing
smooth over
To pacify (e.g. rumours)
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  1. To pacify (e.g. rumours)
  2. To make (a rough surface) smooth
straighten out
To make straight.
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  1. To make straight.
  2. (Idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.
  3. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To correct; to stop doing something wrong.
Find another word for rectify. In this page you can discover 21 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rectify, like: redress, reform, amend, correct, improve, revise, amend, correct, emend, mend and redress.

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  • No simple apology was going to rectify this situation.

  • Most frequently he will be required either to protect a good bowl or to rectify a possible error of the leader.

  • Our duty, my dear, is to rectify his mistake, to ease his last moments by not letting him commit this injustice, and not to let him die feeling that he is rendering unhappy those who...

  • One of the most important matters he had to deal with was to rectify the canonical position of those who had been ordained or consecrated since the breach with Rome.

  • According to this reading, William sought to rectify his position by asserting, not the numerical identity of the universal in each individual, but rather its sameness in the sense of indistinguishable similarity.

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