drecier

to straighten

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A two-panel sequence shows compensation for property damage: a woman accidentally throws a ball through a man's window, then gives him money beside that same broken window.

noun / verb

redress

rih-DRESS/rɪdrˈɛs/

Action to correct a wrong or make up for harm.

Etymology

reOld Frenchback or again

+dressOld Frenchto straighten

To “straighten again” became to restore or put something right. The noun names that corrective action, including compensation that remedies an injury or injustice.

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