redressed

Set things right

Redressed is the past tense of redress, meaning to remedy, set right, or compensate for a wrong or grievance.

The court redressed the injustice with a substantial settlement.

She redressed the imbalance by hiring more women.

The word carries a formal or legal tone, appearing often in contexts of grievances being corrected or wrongs being righted.

corrected

rectified

Made correct or accurate

righted · adjusted · reformed · resolved · settled · revised · modified · altered · improved · repaired

compensation

reparation

Compensation for injury done

settlement · amends · recompense · remedy · relief · recourse · satisfaction · compensation · atonement · repayment

balance

equilibrium

State of balance

evened · adjusted · stabilized · restored · corrected · recalibrated · rebalanced · leveled · neutralized

grievance

complaint

Expression of discontent

harm · offense · affront · mistreatment · abuse · violation · inequity · unfairness · petition · appeal

Opposites
remedy/correction

redressedunredressed

Not set right

ignored · neglected · unaddressed · unremedied · worsened

balance/adjustment

redressedunbalanced

Lacking equilibrium or stability

destabilized · upset · skewed · disrupted · imbalanced

justice outcome

redressedunavenged

Without payback delivered

unjustified · unrectified · denied · unpunished · unsettled

Family

redress, redressing, redresses

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