Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - remedy

 I. noun  (plural -dies)  Etymology: Middle English remedie, from Anglo-French, from Latin remedium, from re- + mederi to heal — more at medical  Date: 13th century  1. a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease  2. something that corrects or counteracts  3. the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong  • remediless adjective  II. transitive verb  (-died; -dying)  Date: 15th century to provide or serve as a ~ for ; relieve ~ a social evil  Synonyms: see correct