Definition of: redress

(ri·dres′) v.t.
1. To set right, as a wrong, by compensation or by punishment of the wrongdoer; make reparation for.
2. To make reparation to; compensate: to redress the victims of injustice.
3. To remedy; correct.
4. To adjust, as balances.
—noun (rē′dres, ri·dres′)
1. Satisfaction for wrong done; reparation; amends.
2. A restoration; reformation; correction. [<F redresser straighten <re- again (<L) + dresser. See DRESS.]
—re·dress′·er or re·dres′sor noun