remedy
1. [ verb ] set straight or right
Synonyms: amend remediate repair rectify
Examples:

"remedy these deficiencies" "rectify the inequities in salaries" "repair an oversight"

Related terms: correct correction amends rectifier
2. [ noun ] act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Synonyms: remediation redress
Related terms: correction salve rectify
3. [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Synonyms: cure curative
Related terms: treatment medicine panacea lotion ointment magic_bullet emetic antidote lenitive palliative acoustic preventive treatment
4. [ verb ] provide relief for
Synonyms: relieve
Examples:

"remedy his illness"

Related terms: treat medicine
Similar spelling:   renewed
  rend
  rente
  Rende