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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

curative, cure, therapeutic

noun, as in act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

redress, remediation

verb, as in set straight or right

rectify, remediate, repair, amend

verb, as in provide relief for

also used for remedy

remeid, help, correct

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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