redress

«redress» in Mova's school dictionary: To put right an unfair or harmful state of things — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (redresses, redressed, redressing); noun (redresses)

meaning for a pupil

1) To put right an unfair or harmful state of things. tree →

2) To make two things balanced again, as by taking from one side and giving to the other. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a wrong is put right or a balance is restored; «redress the balance» means make two sides equal again

examples

• The judge will redress the wrong done to the family. tree →
• The teacher gave extra time to redress the unfair test. tree →
• Jupiter bade him redress the balance between people and beasts. tree →

note

In maths «redress the balance» means make two groups equal again: find the difference and move half of it across. It does not change the total.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «redress» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.