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remedy

/ˈɹɛmədi/ noun

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In Latin: remedium Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about remedy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.
  2. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.

verb

  1. Set straight or right.
    remedy these deficiencies
  2. Provide relief for.
    remedy his illness

Origin

From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.

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