Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - redress

 I. transitive verb  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er to set upright, restore, ~, from re- + dresser to set straight — more at dress  Date: 14th century  1.  a.  (1) to set right ; remedy looked to charity, not to legislation, to ~ social wrongs — W. R. Inge  (2) to make up for ; compensate  b. to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint)  c. to exact reparation for ; avenge  2. archaic  a. to requite (a person) for a wrong or loss  b. heal  Synonyms: see correct  • ~er noun  II. noun  Date: 14th century  1.  a. relief from distress  b. means or possibility of seeking a remedy without ~  2. compensation for wrong or loss ; reparation  3.  a. an act or instance of ~ing  b. retribution, correction