Both Uses of
redress
in
King Lear
- Sir, I had thought, by making this well known unto you, To have found a safe redress; but now grow fearful, By what yourself too late have spoke and done, That you protect this course, and put it on By your allowance; which if you should, the fault Would not scape censure, nor the redresses sleep, Which, in the tender of a wholesome weal, Might in their working do you that offence Which else were shame, that then necessity Will call discreet proceeding.†
Scene 1.4redress = fix a problem; or make up for a wrong
- Sir, I had thought, by making this well known unto you, To have found a safe redress; but now grow fearful, By what yourself too late have spoke and done, That you protect this course, and put it on By your allowance; which if you should, the fault Would not scape censure, nor the redresses sleep, Which, in the tender of a wholesome weal, Might in their working do you that offence Which else were shame, that then necessity Will call discreet proceeding.†
Scene 1.4 *redresses = fixes a problem; or makes up for a wrong
Definitions:
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(1)
(redress) fix a problem; or make up for a wrong
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, redress can mean to dress again.