Remedy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈɛmədi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈɛmədi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈɛmədi/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹˈɛmədi/.

Examples

remedy these deficiencies
rectify the inequities in salaries
repair an oversight

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

remediation curative repair therapeutic rectify amend cure redress remediate relieve

Parts of Speech

noun	act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
noun	a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb	set straight or right “remedy these deficiencies”
verb	provide relief for “remedy his illness”

Word Forms

redress	verb	make reparations or amends for
remedial	adjective	tending or intended to rectify or improve
remedy	verb	set straight or right
remediate	verb	set straight or right
cure	verb	provide a cure for, make healthy again
rectification	noun	the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
rectifier	noun	a person who corrects or sets right
remediation	noun	act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
remedy	noun	act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
reparation	noun	something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
amendable	adjective	capable of being corrected by additions

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Abhilfe

Akt der Korrektur eines Fehlers, einer Störung oder eines Übels

🇫🇷French

remède

acte de corriger une erreur ou une faute ou un mal

🇪🇸Spanish

recurso

Acción de corregir un error, una falta o un mal.

🇮🇹Italian

rimedio

atto di correggere un errore, una colpa o un male

🇳🇱Dutch

remedie

handeling waarbij een fout, een fout of een kwaad wordt gecorrigeerd

🇵🇹Portuguese

remédio

ato de corrigir um erro ou uma falha ou um mal

🇷🇺Russian

средство

акт исправления ошибки, порока или зла

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उपचार

किसी त्रुटि या दोष या बुराई को सुधारने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতিকার

একটি ত্রুটি বা একটি ত্রুটি বা একটি মন্দ সংশোধনের কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

பரிகாரம்

ஒரு பிழை அல்லது தவறு அல்லது தீமையை சரிசெய்யும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

నివారణ

లోపం లేదా తప్పు లేదా చెడును సరిదిద్దే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

उपाय

एखादी चूक किंवा चूक किंवा वाईट सुधारण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉપાય

ભૂલ અથવા ખામી અથવા દુષ્ટતાને સુધારવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪರಿಹಾರ

ದೋಷ ಅಥವಾ ದೋಷ ಅಥವಾ ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದನ್ನು ಸರಿಪಡಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രതിവിധി

ഒരു തെറ്റ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒരു തെറ്റ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒരു തിന്മ തിരുത്തുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਪਾਅ

ਕਿਸੇ ਗਲਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਨੁਕਸ ਜਾਂ ਬੁਰਾਈ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਧਾਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

علاج

کسی غلطی یا غلطی یا برائی کو درست کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

补救

纠正错误、错误或邪恶的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

治療法

誤り、欠陥、または悪を正す行為

🇰🇷Korean

치료

오류나 결점, 악을 바로잡는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phương thuốc

hành động sửa chữa một lỗi lầm hoặc một điều ác

🇹🇭Thai

วิธีการรักษา

การกระทำเพื่อแก้ไขข้อผิดพลาดหรือความผิดหรือความชั่วร้าย

🇮🇩Indonesian

memperbaiki

tindakan memperbaiki kesalahan atau kesalahan atau kejahatan

🇵🇭Filipino

lunas

gawa ng pagwawasto ng pagkakamali o kamalian o kasamaan

🇲🇾Malay

remedi

perbuatan membetulkan kesilapan atau kesalahan atau kejahatan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

علاج

فعل تصحيح خطأ أو خطأ أو شر

🇮🇷Persian

درمان

عمل تصحیح یک خطا یا یک عیب یا یک بد

🇹🇷Turkish

çare

bir hatayı, kusuru veya kötülüğü düzeltme eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

תְרוּפָה

פעולה של תיקון טעות או תקלה או רוע

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The primary meaning of 'remedy' is 'act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil'.

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