To correct a situation or make it good again; a way to put right or help out a person who has been injured or harmed, or to make sure that a person’s rights will be respected or that something does not happen again. (The tribunal ordered Christina to leave her apartment because she has not paid rent for the last few months, which was the remedy Betty had asked for.)
See also Compensation; Redress mechanism; Restitution; Right
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