redress

reparar, remediar, subsanar

Actuar para corregir una injusticia o un daño que ya se ha producido.

En inglés sencillo: To take action to put right something unfair or harmful that has happened.

• The law aims to redress injustice.
• The company paid compensation to redress the harm it caused.
• How can we redress these longstanding grievances?

Sinónimos: remedy, right, rectify

Expresiones frecuentes: redress a wrong, redress an injustice, redress grievances

corregir, restablecer

Devolver algo a un estado correcto, justo o bien ordenado.

En inglés sencillo: To put something back into a correct, fair, or properly arranged state.

• We need to redress the balance.
• The changes redressed an imbalance between the regions.
• Additional funding could redress the uneven distribution of resources.

Sinónimos: correct, rectify, restore

Expresiones frecuentes: redress the balance, redress an imbalance, redress something

volver a vestir, volver a vendar

Volver a poner ropa a alguien o cambiar el apósito de una herida.

En inglés sencillo: To put clothes on someone again, or put a fresh covering on a wound.

• She redressed the baby after his bath.
• The nurse cleaned and redressed the wound.
• He undressed and redressed quickly in warmer clothes.

Sinónimos: dress again

Antónimos: undress

Expresiones frecuentes: redress the baby, redress a wound, redress someone

resarcir, indemnizar

Ayudar o indemnizar a una persona que ha sufrido un daño o un trato injusto.

En inglés sencillo: To help or compensate a person who has suffered unfair treatment or harm.

• The king promised to redress the oppressed.
• The petition asked the council to redress those unjustly imprisoned.
• They sought funds to redress the injured families.

Sinónimos: compensate, relieve

Expresiones frecuentes: redress the injured, redress the oppressed, redress someone

reparación, compensación, resarcimiento

Medida o pago que ayuda a reparar un daño o un trato injusto.

En inglés sencillo: Action or payment that helps put right harm or unfair treatment.

• The victims are seeking redress.
• The bank offered financial redress to affected customers.
• We received no redress for the losses we suffered.

Cómo se usa: redress for something (They sought redress for the damage to their property.)

Sinónimos: compensation, reparation, remedy

Expresiones frecuentes: seek redress, financial redress, redress for something

recurso legal, vía de reparación

Posibilidad o derecho legal de conseguir que se repare una injusticia.

En inglés sencillo: The chance or legal right to have a wrong put right.

• They had no legal redress.
• The new law gives tenants an avenue of redress.
• Without access to the courts, meaningful redress was impossible.

Cómo se usa: redress through something (Consumers can seek redress through the courts.)

Sinónimos: recourse, remedy

Expresiones frecuentes: legal redress, access to redress, avenue of redress

corrección, rectificación

Acción de corregir algo que está mal o desequilibrado.

En inglés sencillo: The act of correcting something that is wrong or out of balance.

• The imbalance requires urgent redress.
• The report recommends redress of these structural faults.
• A fairer distribution of funding would provide some redress.

Cómo se usa: redress of something (The proposal calls for redress of the imbalance.)

Sinónimos: correction, rectification

Expresiones frecuentes: redress of something, need for redress, redress of imbalance

auxiliador, remedio

Persona o cosa que brinda ayuda o alivio ante una dificultad.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing that brings help or relief from trouble.

• They saw the prince as their only redress.
• She hoped to find a redress for her sorrow.
• The villagers welcomed him as a redress of their suffering.

Sinónimos: reliever, helper

Expresiones frecuentes: a redress, their only redress