English → Latin
“redress” in Latin
corrigōto correct (set right); to straighten; to make alterations or improvements in, amend, reformēmendōto free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure; to correct by punishment, chastise, atone or compensmedeorto heal, cure, remedy, be good for or against a disease; to amend, correct, relievecōnsulōto consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from; to deliberate; to reflect upon, deliberate over, think (something) oveoccurrōto run into; to go to meet; to charge, rush to attack; to meet, go to, come tosuccurrōto help, aid, succor; to run to help, to run to the aid of, hasten to assist; to run beneath, go under; to undergosubveniōto support, assist, come to the aid of, rescue; to come up, come to mind, occur toprōvideōto foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight; to provide, see tocompēnsātiōweighing (of factors), balancing, equalizingsatisfactiōthe giving of security or bail; satisfaction (for an offence); reparation, amends; excuse, apology, plea
The English word redress itself goes back to Latin dīrigō, through *drēctiāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
redress v.
To amend, repair, corrigere: emendare. [Vid. AMEND, REPAIR.]
To assist, find a remedy for, mederi: consulere: occurrere: succurrere: subvenire: providere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) providere ac consulere: remedium adhibere alicui rei: sublevare aliquid. to redress grievances, mederi malis or incommodis: to redress an injury, sarcire injuriam (Cic., Phil., 9, 4; of the person who having committed afterward repairs it); ulcisci aliquem; ulcisci aliquem pro ea, quam accepit, injuria (Caes.); ulcisci injuriam (Cic., Caes., Sall.).
redress s.
compensatio: satisfactio: expiatio. Unless anybody has obtained redress, nisi alicui satisfaction sit. [SYN. and PHR., in AMENDS.]
Remedy, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for redress?
- The usual Latin words for “redress” are corrigō, ēmendō, medeor; also cōnsulō, occurrō, succurrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.