n.
(pl. remedies)
- a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury.
- a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable.
- a means of legal reparation.
- the margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight.
v.
(remedies, remedying, remedied)
rectify (an undesirable situation).
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. remedie, from L. remedium, from re- ‘back’ + mederi ‘heal’.