redress vs retrofit

redress

verb
  • To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. 

  • To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. 

  • To put in order again; to set right; to revise. 

  • To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set. 

  • To dress again. 

noun
  • A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation. 

  • One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser. 

  • The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation. 

  • The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set. 

retrofit

verb
  • To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances. 

  • To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize. 

  • Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”) 

  • To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed. 

  • To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc. 

noun
  • An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting. 

  • A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed. 

How often have the words redress and retrofit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )