Meanings
nounredressment (countable and uncountable, plural redressments)
plural redressments
- countableuncountableThe act of redressing; redress.
July 19 1822, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Doctor Waterhouse Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the 'redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic
Origin
Compare French redressement.
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redressment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redressment
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