remedy

/ˈremədi/ noun (plural remedies)

Definition

› [C or U] LAW a method of legally solving a problem or disagreement: The company is asking for the commission's remedies to be suspended while the appeal is underway.provide/seek/obtain (a) remedy The court has the power to provide a remedy by way of judicial review. → See also legal remedy

› [C] a way of dealing with a difficult situation or solving a problem: Fiscal, not monetary, policy should be the preferred remedy.remedy for sth Senators have proposed hugely different remedies for the growing healthcare crisis.

(Definition of remedy noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)