What does "remedy" mean?

1. (a medicine or cure) a medicine or treatment that helps you feel better when you are sick. 2. (a solution to a problem) a way of solving a problem or making a bad situation better. 3. (legal redress) a legal way to get back what you lost or to fix a wrong done to you. 4. (to fix or correct) to fix a problem or improve a bad situation.

How do you use "remedy"?

This verb is transitive and requires a direct object.

remedy

n. · v.

US //ˈɹɛmədi// UK //ɹˈɛmədˌi// rem·e·dy

1 a medicine or cure (n.)
B1 Intermediate Medicine

a medicine or treatment that helps you feel better when you are sick.

a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves symptoms or cures a disease.

Example

A warm drink with honey is a great natural remedy for a sore throat.

Example

While herbal remedies are popular for minor ailments, they should not replace professional medical advice for chronic conditions.
- poison
- toxin
2 a solution to a problem (n.)
B2 Upper Intermediate

a way of solving a problem or making a bad situation better.

something that corrects or counteracts an undesirable situation or error.

Example

The only remedy for the city's traffic problems is better public transport.

Example

The management team struggled to find an effective remedy for the declining morale following the recent budget cuts.
- aggravation

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3 legal redress (n.)
C1 Advanced Formal Technical Law

a legal way to get back what you lost or to fix a wrong done to you.

the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.

Example

The court provided a legal remedy by ordering the company to pay for the damages.

Example

The plaintiff sought a judicial remedy for the breach of contract, specifically requesting an injunction to prevent further financial loss.
- redress
- reparation
- recourse
4 to fix or correct (v.)
B2 Upper Intermediate Formal

to fix a problem or improve a bad situation.

to provide or serve as a correction for an error or a solution to a problem.

Example

The company took quick action to remedy the mistake in the customer's bill.

Example

The government introduced new legislation to remedy the social inequalities that had persisted for decades.

Usage

This verb is transitive and requires a direct object.
- worsen
- exacerbate

Origin

From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.