redresses 1 of 2

plural of redress

redresses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of redress
as in avenges
to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified

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  • In December 2024, a Belgian court ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women after they were forcibly removed from their families in the colonial-era Belgian Congo.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, the apology did not follow with any concrete proposals for some form of reparations for victims/survivors.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Redresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redresses. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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