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self-redress

self-redress noun: redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution.

Noun

self-redress (uncountable)

  1. Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution.

Verb

self-redress (third-person singular simple present self-redresses, present participle self-redressing, simple past and past participle self-redressed)

  1. To redress a wrong against oneself; to take revenge.

Forms of self-redress

third-person singular presentself-redresses
present participleself-redressing
past participleself-redressed
pastself-redressed

Origin of self-redress

From self- + redress.

Questions about self-redress

What does self-redress mean?
Self-redress means redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution.
What part of speech is self-redress?
Self-redress can be a noun or a verb.

Words near self-redress in the dictionary

  1. self-realization
  2. self-realizations
  3. self-recognition
  4. self-recording
  5. self-recrimination
  6. self-redress
  7. self-reference
  8. self-reference effect
  9. self-referenced
  10. self-references
  11. self-referencing

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