Redressment
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of redressing; redress. countable, uncountable
"July 19 1822, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Doctor Waterhouse Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic"
Example
More examples"July 19 1822, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Doctor Waterhouse Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic"
Etymology
Compare French redressement.