Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

redress

[ree-dres, ri-dres, ri-dres] / ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs, rɪˈdrɛs /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

To redress this pardonable oversight, Deirdre Loughridge and Thomas Patteson take us on a guided tour of “The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The redress package will be paid for by the firm's shareholders and not through customer bills.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

In practice, this means that only the parties named in a case can get immediate redress.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Earlier this year, the Department for Business and Trade said it supported "the TrustMark scheme, external which helps consumers find good traders and provides redress if work does not meet those standards".

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

“Let them know that it is their right to petition for a redress of their grievances.”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

“Across the Ages,” the first truly comprehensive Celtic art survey in the U.S., redresses that long-standing prejudice.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

The scene of her happily gabbing away in her car with a bedraggled but game hippie hitchhiker she’s picked up before the two women share an affectionate goodbye hug redresses the balance considerably.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2019

The first episode ends with a shot of a “Make America Gay Again” hat, which Grace has left on a chair in the Oval Office, as if that sufficiently redresses her self-absorption.

From Slate Sep. 28, 2017

Her curator Ian Alteveer, for one, is focused on the art of Kerry James Marshall, a prominent figurative painter from Birmingham, Ala., whose work redresses the absence of black subjects in Western art.

From New York Times Nov. 25, 2015

He redresses Johnson on Prior as he had redressed Macaulay on Steele; and he is not unjust, as we might have feared that he would be, to Pope.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury

The University and College Union has previously highlighted an ethnicity pay gap and called for it to be redressed.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Well, there's plenty of damage to be redressed.

From Salon Apr. 15, 2025

He recognizes what must be redressed, but he refuses to lose his sense of humor in the struggle or exempt himself from the human comedy that may be the only reliable equal opportunity employer.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2024

In 2005, the historical situation was redressed, when South Korea paid direct compensation to tens of thousands of wartime laborers.

From Washington Times Mar. 15, 2023

Finally they redressed him in his raggedy clothing.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

That dragged total exports down by a total 7.3% on year, with other markets redressing some of the American drag.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

“There is a trend towards redressing wrongs, telling untold stories, exposing truths, revealing hypocrisies,” she said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 15, 2024

The referendum was framed as a first step toward redressing major historical wrongs.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2024

“The question is, how can we use contracting to make an even greater impact on redressing harms and discrimination, and opening doors to opportunity?”

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 2023

She points to her wound, which is oozy, and clearly needs redressing.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




Vocabulary lists containing redress


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training