单词 | redressing |
释义 | redressingn.1 The action of redress v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to sound, proper, or normal state reparation1389 restaurationa1393 redressing1426 repaira1500 instaurationa1603 recovery1669 working over1695 repristination1753 restoration1765 reconditioning1800 the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > putting right a wrong or loss rightingOE amendsa1393 restitution1395 reformation1405 reparation1405 redress1448 restaurationa1513 reparating1517 dress1549 refoundiment1555 reparelment1584 resarciation?1609 repair1612 redressment1643 retrievinga1680 redressing1712 1426 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1426 §10. m. 2 Iche of hem shall..assiste unto þe kyng..in kepyng of þe kyngs pees, and redressyng of all suche manere of procedyng by wey of feet and force. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 86 (MED) In ech place where Holi Writ spekith of eny point of moral lawe of kinde, it is so spoken that it nedith forto haue a redressing of it into accordaunce with lawe of kinde. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1221/1 For the remediying and redressyng of those foresayd iniuries. 1634 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 292 It behoveth the magistrate to set in..for the rectifying and redressing thereof. 1712 J. Swift Proposal for Eng. Tongue 7 A Grievance, the redressing of which is to be Your own Work. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 123 Every want thus becomes a means of pleasure, in the redressing. 1837 Q. Anti-slavery Mag. Apr. 302 A redressing of wrongs by inflicting death on the wrong doers. 1884 Manch. Examiner 10 Dec. 5/2 A straight way to the redressing of grievances. 1910 Mod. Lang. Rev. 5 366 This thoughtful smile, this redressing of the balance,..is, indeed, the eternal spirit of Comedy. 1995 New Scientist 4 Mar. 40/2 It rationalises a dislike for conventional approaches to evidence and to the redressing of ‘wrongs’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). redressingadj. rare. That redresses (redress v.1); redressive. ΚΠ 1823 J. Leslie Elements Nat. Philos. I. vi. 310 When a floating body has its equilibrium disturbed, it brings into action a redressing force. 1845 T. De Quincey Notes on Gilfillan's Gallery Lit. Portraits in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 761 The boyish period in which these redressing corrections occurred to me. 1945 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 36 239 In a totalitarian form of professional organization the redressing forces..cannot be brought to bear upon the developing deformity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : re-dressingn.2 < n.11426adj.1823 see also |
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