All 3 Uses of
redress
in
Measure for Measure
- And why should we proclaim it in an hour before his entering that, if any crave redress of injustice, they should exhibit their petitions in the street?†
Scene 4.4 *redress = fix a problem; or make up for a wrong
- O worthy duke, You bid me seek redemption of the devil: Hear me yourself; for that which I must speak Must either punish me, not being believ'd, Or wring redress from you; hear me, O, hear me here!†
Scene 5.1
- But, O, poor souls, Come you to seek the lamb here of the fox, Good night to your redress!†
Scene 5.1
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.