remedy

Speech parts

1. remedy - Noun

2. remedy - Verb

Meaning

That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.

The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.

To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cure redress help correct relief repair therapeutic relieve amend curative rectify remediate remediation amendment nostrum

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Antonyms

palmyra rana bacillus disease diabetes venom

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Hypernyms

right correct medicine treat correction medication

Hyponyms

nostrum salve application acoustic preventive antidote

Phrases with the word

universal remedy quack remedy sovereign remedy beyond remedy ocular remedy counteracting remedy

Derivatives

remedies remedied remedying

Examples

The greatest remedy for anger is delay. Seneca

To do nothing is also a good remedy. Hippocrates

It is a persistent evil to persecute a man who belongs to the grace of God. It is a calamity without remedy to hate the happy. Cyprian

It's best to prevent than to have to remedy. Portuguese Proverb

Counsel is irksome when the matter is past remedy. Dutch Proverb

He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it. Turkish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

remedilessly remedilessness Remedios remedy against poison remedy for a poison remedyless