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    redress

    redress - Dictionary definition and meaning for word redress

    Definition
    (noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury Definition
    (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
    Synonyms : remediation , remedy
    Definition
    (verb) make reparations or amends for
    Synonyms : compensate , correct , right
    Example Sentence
    • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for redress

Redress is: "relief from distress"

dress again(redress) is the remedy for nudity

REDRESS=RE+dress. So 're' is a prefix which means afresh. Since all the clothes have been burnt in the fire accident, you redress, i.e. get dresses afresh for which you were paid a SUM OF MONEY AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR LOSS.

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