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remedy

/ remedy /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Type of:
medicine medication medicament
Kinds of:
acoustic antidote counterpoison emetic vomit
Has parts:
treatment
Derived:
bring around cure heal relieve
verb Sense 2
provide relief for
"remedy his illness"
Type of:
treat care for
Derived:
curative cure
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
medicine practice of medicine
noun Sense 3
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Type of:
correction rectification
Kinds of:
salve
Derived:
rectify remediate repair amend right
verb Sense 4
set straight or right
"remedy these deficiencies"
"rectify the inequities in salaries"
"repair an oversight"
Type of:
correct rectify right
Derived:
reparation amends redress remediation correction
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
48%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
33
Times Searched
3
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medicine medication medicament acoustic antidote counterpoison emetic vomit treat care for correction rectification