💃 ⚖️ Redress: SAT Vocabulary to Compensate
REDRESS most nearly means: A) suppress; B) embellish; C) remedy; D) provoke. Answer inside. 👉️
This is for when history catches up with you. And no, on the SAT, it probably won’t mean to dress again.
📚️ Definition of Redress
Redress (verb / noun): To remedy, set right, or make amends for a wrong, grievance, or injury. Example: to redress past injustice. As a noun, compensation or satisfaction for a wrong sustained. Example: to seek redress for unfair treatment.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Redress
IPA: /rɪˈdrɛs/ (See IPA key)
Respelling: rih-DRESS
📰 Examples of Redress
Here are some examples of the word redress:
The airline lost Mia’s luggage and lied about its whereabouts (she knew this because she had a tracker in each suitcase). She therefore decided to file a formal complaint to redress the situation.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. — The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A taxicab knocked over my motorcycle, and I successfully sought redress.
Quiz answer: C, remedy.