Call for REDRESS for innocent teachers -- Union leader Nigel de Gruchy said there was no point seeking financial REDRESS from the children or their mostly "dysfunctional" families, there should be a system similar to the criminal injuries compensation scheme."
(BBC News 18th April 2001)
Did you know?
Did you know?
Of course "redress" could also mean "to put your clothes back on", but that would have been too easy.
Learn these technical meanings - they can also be quite useful :
1. To set right; to remedy or correct.
2. To make amends to, to compensate
3. To adjust (a balance, for example).
"John is seeking redress for the damage to his car."