self-redress

noun

Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution.

OriginEnglish redress ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

nounself-redress (uncountable)
  1. uncountableRedress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution.
verbself-redress (third-person singular simple present self-redresses, present participle self-redressing, simple past and past participle self-redressed)

present singular third person self-redresses · participle present self-redressing · participle past self-redressed · past self-redressed

  1. To redress a wrong against oneself; to take revenge.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishredress
  9. Englishself-redress

From self- + redress.

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APA

self-redress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-redress

MLA

“self-redress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-redress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-redress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-redress.

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