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The definition of a remedy is a way of correcting something or is a treatment given for an illness or medical condition.

(noun)

An example of remedy is when you say you are sorry for an argument.
An example of remedy is an antibiotic for a bacterial infection.

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See remedy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. remedies

any medicine or treatment that cures, heals, or relieves a disease or bodily disorder or tends to restore health
something that corrects, counteracts, or removes an evil or wrong; relief; redress
Law a means, as court action, by which violation of a right is prevented or compensated for; legal redress

Origin: ME remedie < Anglo-Fr < OFr remede < L remedium < re-, again + mederi, to heal, akin to medicus: see medical

transitive verb remedied, remedying

to cure or heal, as with medicine
to put back in proper condition; put right
to correct or remove (an evil, etc.)

Related Forms:

remediless adjective

See remedy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. rem·e·dies

Something, such as medicine or therapy, that relieves pain, cures disease, or corrects a disorder.
Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.
Law A legal order of preventing or redressing a wrong or enforcing a right.
The allowance by a mint for deviation from the standard weight or quality of coins.

transitive verb rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing, rem·e·dies

To relieve or cure (a disease or disorder).
To remove, counteract, or rectify. See Synonyms at correct, cure.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English remedie

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin remedium

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + medērī, to heal; see med- in Indo-European roots

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