v. 1
To provide or serve as a remedy for.
n. 1
Something that corrects or counteracts.
n. 2
The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.

Related words

Forms

Plural: remedies → correctives, curatives, restoratives, prophylactics…
Past participle: remedied
e.g. remedied → cured, redressed, repaired, helpt…

cure This medicine will cure your headache immediately.
rectify We need to take steps to rectify the situation.
redress You have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
remediate We should discover the proper way to remediate the effects of greenhouse gases.
relieve William taught Sandra to scream to relieve stress.
salve This salve will act as a protective film over the burn.

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: aid¹
4 letters: help¹, drug¹, cure¹, heal¹, mend¹, balm¹
5 letters: amend², salve¹
6 letters: relief², repair², revamp², elixir³, physic, succor², remeid
7 letters: correct², restore², relieve², rectify³, redress², panacea⁴, succour, nostrum
8 letters: specific³, medicine³, antidote³, curative³
9 letters: allowance³, alleviate⁴, appliance³, remediate⁴
10 letters: assistance³, compensate³, corrective³, ameliorate⁴, recompense³, reparation⁴, medicament
11 letters: therapeutic⁴, restorative⁴, remediation⁵
12 letters: prescription³, prophylactic⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amend² = 2 syllables).