Remedy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.

II. Remedy ·noun That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure;

— followed by for or against, formerly by to.

III. Remedy ·noun That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health;

— with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

IV. Remedy ·noun To apply a remedy to; to Relieve; to Cure; to Heal; to Repair; to Redress; to Correct; to Counteract.