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Synonyms of redress

18 similar words

Another word for redress is compensation. Other synonyms of redress are amends, satisfaction, reparation, indemnification and remuneration.

Synonyms and similar words for redress

nounA setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence...

  • amendsCompensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.
  • indemnificationThe act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty.
  • reparationA payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
  • acquittalPayment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
  • boteAtonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
  • compensationThe act or principle of compensating.
  • indemnityRepayment; compensation for loss or injury.
  • mends ScotlandRecompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.
  • recompensation
  • recompenseThat which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
  • reliefCourt-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
  • remunerationA recompense for a loss; compensation.
  • requitalCompensation for damage or loss; amends.
  • requiteChiefly in the form in requite for or of: synonym of requital (“compensation for damage or loss; return in kind...
  • restitutionThat which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
  • satisfactionA reparation for an injury or loss.
  • assyth obsoleteCompensation for an insult or harm.
  • quittal obsoleteCompensation, requital, or repayment.

Meaning of redress

  1. verb To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
  2. verb To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
  3. verb To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

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Questions about synonyms of redress

What is another word for redress?
Redress has 18 synonyms on Word.ws, such as compensation, amends, satisfaction, reparation, indemnification, remuneration, recompense and bote.
What does redress mean?
Redress means to put in order again; to set right; to revise.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: redress (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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