"redress" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
subtypes:
- relief - (law) redress awarded by a court
- actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
- nominal damages - (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)
- exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money - (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
- atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong
same as: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, restitution
is a type of: correction, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

subtypes: salve - anything that remedies or heals or soothes

same as: remediation, remedy

Verb

is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
subtypes:
- over-correct, overcompensate - make excessive corrections for fear of making an error
- aby, abye, atone, expiate - make amends for
same as: compensate, correct, right