rem·e·dy (r?m??-d?)n. pl. rem·e·dies 1. Something, such as a drug or a bandage, that is used to treat a symptom, disease, injury, or other condition.2. a. Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.b. Law The means of obtaining redress of a wrong or enforcement of a right.3. The allowance by a mint for deviation from the standard weight or quality of coins.tr.v. rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing, rem·e·dies 1. To relieve or cure (a disease or disorder).2. To counteract or rectify (a problem, mistake, or undesirable situation). See Synonyms at correct.[Middle English remedie, from Old French, from Latin remedium : re-, re- + med?r?, to heal; see med- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.remedy (?r?m?d?) n, pl -dies1. (Medicine) (usually foll by: for or against) any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms2. (usually foll by: for or against) anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc: a remedy for industrial disputes. 3. the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerancevb (tr) 4. (Medicine) to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy5. to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct[C13: from Anglo-Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remed?r? to heal again, from re- + med?r? to heal; see medical] remediable adj re?mediably adv ?remediless adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014rem?e?dy (?r?m ? di) n., pl. -dies, n. 1. something, as a medicine, that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder. 2. something that corrects or removes an evil, error, or undesirable condition. 3. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong. v.t. 4. to cure or relieve. 5. to restore to the proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter. 6. to counteract or remove: to remedy an evil. [1175?1225; remedie