redress vs repair

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. 

repair

verb
  • To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for. 

  • to pair again 

  • To transfer oneself to another place. 

  • To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy. 

noun
  • The act of repairing something. 

  • The result of repairing something. 

  • The condition of something, in respect of need for repair. 

  • A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt. 

  • The act of repairing or resorting to a place. 

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