redress
Compensation for wrongs
Redress is remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance: They sought redress through the courts.
To redress is to set right or make amends for: redress an injustice, redress the balance.
The word carries formal or legal overtones—you redress grievances rather than minor complaints.
Restoring what was lost
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
- damagesCompensation for injury
- recompensePayment for loss
settlement · payment · refund · reimbursement · payout · award · amends · satisfaction
Compensation for injury done
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- rectificationAct of setting straight
correction · recourse · relief · atonement · damages · indemnity · recompense · satisfaction
Civil court proceeding
- petitionFormal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- litigationLegal dispute process
tribunal · arbitration · mediation · hearing · judgment · ruling · verdict · decree
Just and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- vindicationClearance of blame
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
righting · legal remedy · injunction · judgment · verdict · tribunal · adjudication · arbitration
Expression of discontent
- wrongContrary to fact
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- harmInjury or damage
petition · appeal · protest · objection · dispute · challenge · contestation · discontent
Formal written appeal
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- pleaFormal request or defense
- applicationFormal request document
- submissionYielding to another's will
request · demand · representation · memorial · supplication · solicitation · advocacy · lobbying
State of balance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- equalizationMaking things uniform
- restorationReturning something to condition
leveling · adjustment · correction · realignment · rebalancing · stabilization · evening · offsetting
restitution
Restoring what was lost
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
- damagesCompensation for injury
recompense · settlement · payment · refund · reimbursement · payout · award · amends · satisfaction · remuneration
reparation
Compensation for injury done
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
rectification · correction · recourse · relief · atonement · damages · indemnity · recompense · satisfaction · settlement
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
litigation · tribunal · arbitration · mediation · hearing · judgment · ruling · verdict · decree · injunction
fairness
Just and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- vindicationClearance of blame
accountability · righting · legal remedy · injunction · judgment · verdict · tribunal · adjudication · arbitration · litigation
complaint
Expression of discontent
harm · petition · appeal · protest · objection · dispute · challenge · contestation · discontent · dissatisfaction
petition
Formal written appeal
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- pleaFormal request or defense
- applicationFormal request document
submission · request · demand · representation · memorial · supplication · solicitation · advocacy · lobbying · intervention
equilibrium
State of balance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- equalizationMaking things uniform
restoration · leveling · adjustment · correction · realignment · rebalancing · stabilization · evening · offsetting · neutralizing
- Making amendsamends, apology, atonement, compensation, penance
- modificationsmod, alteration, adjustment, modification, revision
- fixesfix, repair, mend, correction, correct
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- Japanese Internmentinternment camps, internment camp, Japanese internment, Executive Order 9066, internees
- historical justicetrial by combat, truth commissions, trial by ordeal, trial by fire, reparations