Meaning of "redress" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REDRESS

From Old French redrecier to set up again, from re- + drecier to straighten.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REDRESS

redress  [rɪˈdrɛs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REDRESS

Redress is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb redress in English.

WHAT DOES REDRESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Redress

In film, a redress is the redecoration of an existing movie set, so that it can double for another set. This saves the trouble and expenses of constructing a second, new set, though they face the difficulty of doing it so the average viewer does not notice the same set is reused. Also there could be logistical problems, such as conflicting shooting schedules, continuity if the set is not quite the same as it was or different. The latter problem arises because the set dresser may be unaware of changes created by the action.

Definition of redress in the English dictionary

The first definition of redress in the dictionary is to put right, esp by compensation; make reparation for. Other definition of redress is to correct or adjust. Redress is also to make compensation to for a wrong.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REDRESS

PRESENT

Present

I redress

you redress

he/she/it redresses

we redress

you redress

they redress

Present continuous

I am redressing

you are redressing

he/she/it is redressing

we are redressing

you are redressing

they are redressing

Present perfect

I have redressed

you have redressed

he/she/it has redressed

we have redressed

you have redressed

they have redressed

Present perfect continuous

I have been redressing

you have been redressing

he/she/it has been redressing

we have been redressing

you have been redressing

they have been redressing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I redressed

you redressed

he/she/it redressed

we redressed

you redressed

they redressed

Past continuous

I was redressing

you were redressing

he/she/it was redressing

we were redressing

you were redressing

they were redressing

Past perfect

I had redressed

you had redressed

he/she/it had redressed

we had redressed

you had redressed

they had redressed

Past perfect continuous

I had been redressing

you had been redressing

he/she/it had been redressing

we had been redressing

you had been redressing

they had been redressing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will redress

you will redress

he/she/it will redress

we will redress

you will redress

they will redress

Future continuous

I will be redressing

you will be redressing

he/she/it will be redressing

we will be redressing

you will be redressing

they will be redressing

Future perfect

I will have redressed

you will have redressed

he/she/it will have redressed

we will have redressed

you will have redressed

they will have redressed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been redressing

you will have been redressing

he/she/it will have been redressing

we will have been redressing

you will have been redressing

they will have been redressing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would redress

you would redress

he/she/it would redress

we would redress

you would redress

they would redress

Conditional continuous

I would be redressing

you would be redressing

he/she/it would be redressing

we would be redressing

you would be redressing

they would be redressing

Conditional perfect

I would have redress

you would have redress

he/she/it would have redress

we would have redress

you would have redress

they would have redress

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been redressing

you would have been redressing

he/she/it would have been redressing

we would have been redressing

you would have been redressing

they would have been redressing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you redress
we let´s redress
you redress

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to redress

Past participle

redressed

Present Participle

redressing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REDRESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «redress» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of redress

adjust · aid · amend · amends · assistance · atonement · balance · compensation · correct · correction · cure · ease · even up · help · justice · mend · pay for · payment · quittance · recompense · rectification · rectify · reform · regulate · relief · relieve · remedy · repair · reparation · requital · restitution · satisfaction · square

TRANSLATION OF REDRESS

Find out the translation of redress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of redress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «redress» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 纠正
• Translator English - Spanish: reparar
• English: redress
• Translator English - Hindi: निवारण
• Translator English - Arabic: التعويض
• Translator English - Russian: возмещение
• Translator English - Portuguese: retificar
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রতিকার
• Translator English - French: redresser
• Translator English - Malay: Pembetulan
• Translator English - German: wiedergutmachen
• Translator English - Japanese: 是正する
• Translator English - Korean: 시정하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Redress
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sửa lại
• Translator English - Tamil: குறைநிவர்த்தி
• Translator English - Marathi: निवारण
• Translator English - Turkish: tazminat
• Translator English - Italian: riparare
• Translator English - Polish: zadośćuczynienie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відшкодування
• Translator English - Romanian: căi de atac
• Translator English - Greek: έννομης προστασίας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: regstelling
• Translator English - Swedish: rättelse
• Translator English - Norwegian: oppreisning

10 QUOTES WITH «REDRESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word redress.

1

Richard V. Allen

We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can never consent to - be the bearers of the redress offered by that Society to that much afflicted.

2

Joseph Brant

We are tired out in making complaints and getting no redress.

3

A. S. Byatt

Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends.

4

George Canning

I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

5

Caleb Cushing

And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress.

6

Shereen El Feki

Civil society must be strengthened to help raise awareness among people living with HIV, and those at risk, of their rights, and to ensure they have access to legal services and redress through the courts.

7

Harold H. Greene

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.

8

Margaret Heffernan

Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so and no process that promises redress.

9

Imran Khan

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

10

Judith Martin

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REDRESS»

Discover the use of redress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to redress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Redress: inside the Japanese Canadian call for justice

This passionate and compelling book - a creative blend of memoir, documentary history and critical examination - explores the Japanese Canadian redress movement of the late 20th century that resolved the violation of their citizenship ...

Roy Miki, 2004

The Redress of Poetry

Whether he concentrates on moments in the works under discussion, or is concerned to advance his general subject, Heaney's insight and eloquence are themselves of poetic order.

Seamus Heaney, 2014

Reconciling Canada: Critical Perspectives on the Culture of ...

In this volume, leading scholars in the humanities and social sciences relate contemporary political and social efforts to redress wrongs to the fraught history of government relations with Aboriginal and diasporic populations.

Jennifer Henderson, Pauline Wakeham, 2013

Extraterritoriality and Collective Redress

An expert analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence in mass litigation, this edited work examines the diverse and complex transnational considerations and issues of collective redress.

Duncan Fairgrieve, Eva Lein, 2012

Historical Redress: Must We Pay for the Past?

An introduction to the philosophical implications of the recent surge of political and ethical interest in historical redress.

Richard Vernon, 2012

Only One Place of Redress: African Americans, Labor ...

African Americans, Labor Regulations, and the Courts from Reconstruction to the New Deal David E. Bernstein. Fuller also argued that the law might be necessary to protect citizens from fraudulent practices by emigrant agents. Fuller claimed ...

David E. Bernstein, 2001

Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans ...

An inspiring story of wrongs made right as well as a practical guide to getting legislation through Congress, Achieving the Impossible Dream tells how members of this politically inexperienced minority group organized themselves at the ...

Mitchell Takeshi Maki, Harry H. L. Kitano, Sarah Megan Berthold, 1999

Ovid in Exile: Power and Poetic Redress in the Tristia and ...

In response to being exiled to the Black Sea by the Roman emperor Augustus in 8 AD, Ovid began to compose the "Tristia" and "Epistulae ex Ponto" and to create for himself a place of intellectual refuge.

Matthew M. McGowan, 2009

Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States: On ...

This monumental work is ideal for teaching how history and policy intersect."--David Roediger, Kendrick C. Babcock Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Michael T. Martin, Marilyn Yaquinto, 2007

Racial Redress & Citizenship in South Africa

Confronting the central political dilemma of new South Africa—its democratic reform under a national identity that rectifies its history of racial injustices—this scholarly debate challenges the racially-defined approach to redress and ...

Adam Habib, Kristina A. Bentley, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REDRESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term redress is used in the context of the following news items.

Permanent TSB ordered to compensate over 1300 mortgage holders

It has set up a “major” redress and compensation scheme for its customers who ... by requiring Permanent TSB to put in place a customer focussed redress and ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»

Payday lender to provide £20m in redress

Payday lender Cash Genie will provide £20m in redress to more than 92,000 customers, after the regulator discovered failures in its debt collection and ... «Insolvency News, Jul 15»

No Fly List: Govt Offers New Redress Procedures

“Under the previous redress procedures, individuals who had submitted inquiries to DHS ... The new redress procedures were developed in response to legal ... «Secrecy News, Apr 15»

FCA fines Clydesdale Bank record £20m for trying to dodge PPI …

Clydesdale will be reviewing all PPI complaints handled prior to August 2014 and offering redress to any customers impacted by its failings. Customers do not ... «Professional Adviser, Apr 15»

Call for abuse redress to restore dignity

State governments and churches that ran children's homes should not be allowed administer a redress scheme for child sexual abuse survivors, a royal ... «SBS, Mar 15»

Abuse victims demand national redress

The opening day of a three-day hearing into redress for thousands of people who ... In the absence of other forms of justice it was imperative "redress measures ... «SBS, Mar 15»

MPs call for independent review of swaps redress scheme

“It is far from clear that the FCA's scheme has delivered fair and reasonable redress to all the businesses affected,” said Conservative MP Andrew Tyrie, who ... «Yorkshire Post, Mar 15»

Companies let down by interest rate mis-selling redress, say MPs

About 17,000 firms have gone through the compensation scheme and 14,000 of them have been paid a total of £1.8bn in redress, but members of the Treasury ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»

Blow for small firms demanding bank redress

Banks look to have dodged yet another multi-billion pound compensation bullet after a QC ruled that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has no powers to act ... «The Independent, Feb 15»

Royal commission: $4.3 billion is cost of redress to victims of child …

It would cost $4.3 billion over 10 years to provide redress to the 65,000 victims of child sex abuse in Australia, the royal commission says, with government ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 15»