Redress
What it means
A remedy or compensation for a wrong, loss, or grievance.
Reach for it when naming concrete correction available to someone harmed
The ombudsman recommended financial redress and a public correction.
Words to choose between 6
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warm
Fits when the wrongdoer tries to repair a relationship
Careful Amends are personal, not always enforceable.
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professional
compensation
Fits when payment offsets loss
Careful Money alone may not provide full redress.
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professional
Fits when an action corrects a recognized problem
Careful Remedy may address no injustice.
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formal
recourse
Fits when a path to seek correction exists
Careful Recourse is an option, not the result.
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formal
reparation
Fits when material repair follows serious harm
Careful Reparation carries historical and legal weight.
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literary
Fits when fair accountability is the wider goal
Careful Justice extends beyond a specific remedy.
Opposites 3
- injustice
- impunity
- neglect
Common phrases 3
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seek redress
Tenants seek redress through the housing tribunal.
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adequate redress
An apology alone was not adequate redress.
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legal redress
Legal redress remained available after mediation failed.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Neskaya, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated