redresses

Noun (1)

redress (countable and uncountable, plural redresses)

1. The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
   • Iohn. [of Lancaster] […] Let's drinke together friendly, and embrace, / That all their eyes may beare thoſe Tokens home, / Of our reſtored Loue and Amitie. / Biſh. [Archbishop of York] I take your Princely word, for theſe redreſſes.c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing His Death: And the Coronation of King Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...
2. A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
   • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.1791 December 15 (adoption), First Amendment of the United States Constitution

   Synonyms:

   amends, indemnification, reparation, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnity, mends, quittal

3. A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
4. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.

Noun (2)

redress (plural redresses)

1. The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
   • The Honeydukes set in this film is a redress of the set of Flourish and Blotts that was seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which, in turn, was a redress of the Ollivander's set from the first film.c. 2008, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, in Wikipedians, editors, Harry Potter: The Complete Guide, [Mainz, Germany]: PediaPress, page 595

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