| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To put in order again; to set right; to revise; as to redress an unfair judgment. 2. (v. t.) To dress again. 3. (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. 4. (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. 5. (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. 6. (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. 7. (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser. |  | Multi-Version Concordance Redress (4 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. (See JPS) 1 Samuel 25:31 that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid. (See JPS) 1 Samuel 25:33 and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (See JPS) Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully. (See RSV) |