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Redress

/rɪˈdrɛs/
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(verb) To put in order again; to set right; to revise.

The law is meant to redress decades of discrimination against the country's ethnic minorities.
You have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The court ordered the company to ____ the harm caused to the claimants through compensation.

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