remedy
/ˈɹɛmədi/noun, verb3 syllables
Remedy means: set straight or right.
Synonyms for remedy13
noun, as in a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
noun, as in act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
redress, remediation
verb, as in provide relief for
What does remedy mean?4
verb
1
set straight or right“remedy these deficiencies”
2
provide relief for“remedy his illness”
noun
1
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
2
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Remedy in a sentence
- Against the evil of death, there is no remedy in the gardens.iart61
- Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.gauravjiii
- To be spared from all those horrors, only one remedy is available: language reform.shanghainese
- It's no panacea, but it can serve as a temporary remedy.Miktsoanit
- Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illness.AlanF_US
- In the principles of love, quick disappointments are usually described as remedies.Scott
- Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illnesses.deniko
- We have yet to discover an effective remedy for cancer.CK
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Forms of remedy
as a noun
- plural
- remedies
as a verb
- past tense
- remedied
- present participle
- remedying
- third-person singular
- remedies
- past participle
- remedied