remedy

noun [C]

/ˈrem.ə.di/

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B2 a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty: an effective herbal remedy for headaches The best remedy for grief is hard work.Medicine in different formsSolving and solutions legal remedy legal › a way of solving a problem or ordering someone to make a payment for harm or damage they have caused, using a decision made in a law court: We have exhausted all possible legal remedies for this injustice.Court cases, orders and decisions

(Definition of remedy noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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