meaning of remedy
1. 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.
2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.
3. The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.
4. To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
5. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
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