remedy
noun
[ ˈrɛmɪdi ]
• a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury.
• "herbal remedies for aches and pains"
Similar:
treatment,
cure,
medicine,
medication,
medicament,
drug,
restorative,
antidote,
prophylactic,
nostrum,
panacea,
cure-all,
therapy,
physic,
specific,
• the margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight.
remedy
verb
• set right (an undesirable situation).
• "money will be given to remedy the poor funding of nurseries"
Similar:
put right,
set right,
set to rights,
put to rights,
right,
rectify,
retrieve,
solve,
fix,
sort out,
put in order,
straighten out,
resolve,
deal with,
correct,
repair,
mend,
redress,
make good,
improve,
amend,
ameliorate,
make better,
better,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French remedie, from Latin remedium, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + mederi ‘heal’.
