remedy
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remedy
- /ˈɹɛmədi/
Where it comes from
From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.
noun remedies
- Something that corrects or counteracts.
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The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
Similar: remeid
- A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease. Beautie alone is a ſoveraigne remedy againſt feare,griefe,and all melancholy fits; a charm,as Peter de la Seine and many other writers affirme,a banquet it ſelfe;he gives inſtance in diſcontented Menelaus that was ſo often freed by Helenas faire face: and ʰTully, 3 Tusc. cites Epicurus as a chiefe p
- The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cure, curative, rectify, remediation, redress, amend, relieve, remedial, righting, remediate, corrective, rectification, heal, correction, restorative, repair
Translations
Every language
noun something that corrects or counteracts
| Español | remedio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 補救措施 /补救措施 bǔjiù cuòshī |
| हिन्दी | उपाय upāy, समाधान samādhān |
| Português | remédio, correção |
| Français | remède |
| Deutsch | Gegenmittel |
| Italiano | rimedio |
| Română | remediu |
| Русский | сре́дство srédstvo |
| العربية | عِلَاج ʕilāj, تِرْيَاق tiryāq |
| עברית | מָזוֹר mazór |
noun legal means
| Español | recurso |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 補救方法 /补救方法 bǔjiù fāngfǎ |
| हिन्दी | विधिक उपचार vidhik upcār |
| Português | recurso |
| Français | recours |
| Italiano | azione giudiziaria |
| Русский | ме́ра méra, сре́дство srédstvo |
noun medicine, application, or treatment
| Español | remedio, mentolato, mentolátum |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 요약 yoyak |
| 日本語 | 療法 ryōhō |
| 中文 | 治療 /治疗 zhìliáo, 療法 /疗法 liáofǎ |
| हिन्दी | औषध auṣadh, उपचार upcār |
| Português | remédio |
| Français | remède |
| Deutsch | Heilmittel |
| Italiano | rimedio, medicamento |
| Ελληνικά | γιατρικό giatrikó |
| Română | remediu |
| Русский | лека́рство lekárstvo, сре́дство srédstvo |
| العربية | تِرْيَاق tiryāq |
| עברית | מָזוֹר mazór |
Talk about this word "remedy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/remedy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. remedy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/remedy "remedy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/remedy.Cite this
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title = {remedy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/remedy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
