Word Meanings - REMEDY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil. -- Remedy of the mint , a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance. Syn. -- Cure;

Additional info about word: REMEDY

The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil. -- Remedy of the mint , a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance. Syn. -- Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance. (more info) re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. remède remedy, remédier to 1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout. 2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to. What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us. Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REMEDY)

• Cure
• Remedy
• alleviation
• restorative
• heal-all
• amelioration
• reinstatement
• restoration
• renovation
• convalescence
• Heal
• repair
• restore
• remedy
• assuage
• cicatrize
• reconcile
• Help Aid
• succor
• prevent
• avoid
• assist
• promote
• cooperate
• relieve
• second
• Medicine
• physic
• antidote
• therapeutics
• salve
• cure
• corrective
• Redress
• Right
• order
• revise
• amend
• rectify

Related words: (words related to REMEDY)

• AMENDFUL
  Much improving.
• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• SECOND
  1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5. 2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity,
• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• SUCCOR
  tiono run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from He is able to succor them that are tempted. Heb. ii. 18. Syn. -- To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort. (more
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• RENOVATION
  The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.
• ASSISTANCE
  1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance,
• ASSIST
  To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak. Syn. -- To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• RESTORATIVELY
  In a restorative manner.
• ALLEVIATION
  1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief. 2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.
• PHYSICKING
  p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t.
• REDRESSIVE
  Tending to redress. Thomson.
• ASSISTER
  An assistant; a helper.
• PREVENTABLE
  Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
• PREVENTINGLY
  So as to prevent or hinder.
• CICATRIZE
  To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh. Wiseman.
• PHYSICIST
  One versed in physics.
• PHYSICAL
  1. Of or pertaining to nature ; in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• HYPERPHYSICAL
  Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural. Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W. Hamilton.
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• METAPHYSICS
  first used by the followers of Aristotle as a name for that part of his writings which came after, or followed, the part which treated of 1. The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SHRIGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.