Associations to the word «Remedy»

Wiktionary

REMEDY, noun. Something that corrects or counteracts.
REMEDY, noun. (legal) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
REMEDY, noun. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
REMEDY, verb. (transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

Dictionary definition

REMEDY, noun. Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.
REMEDY, noun. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
REMEDY, verb. Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight".
REMEDY, verb. Provide relief for; "remedy his illness".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats