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remedy
Synonyms: 

(noun) antidote, corrective, cure, drug, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicine, pharmaceutical, physic, restorative, specific.

(verb) correct, cure, heal, mend, redress, renew, repair.

Related Words: 

(noun) countermeasure, cure-all, drug, fix, panacea, pill, redress, relief, therapy, treatment.

(verb) alleviate, amend, assuage, fix, mitigate, rectify, redress, relieve, restore, solve.

Antonym:

worsen.

Synonym Study 1 (verb) (Dictionary.com):

Cure, heal, and remedy imply making well, whole, or right.

Cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness:
to cure a headache.

Heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.:
to heal a burn.

Remedy applies especially to making wrongs right:
to remedy a mistake.

Synonym Study 2 (verb) (Merriam-Webster):

Correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, and revise mean to make right what is wrong.

Correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects:
correct your spelling.

Rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed:
rectify a misguided policy.

Emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript:
emend a text.

Remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil:
set out to remedy the evils of the world.

Redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance:
redress past social injustices.

Amend, reform, revise imply an improving by making corrective changes.

Amend usually suggesting slight changes:
amend a law;

reform implying drastic change:
plans to reform the court system;

and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes:
revise the schedule.

Origin:

1175–1225; (noun) Middle English remedie < Anglo-French < Latin remedium, equivalent to re- re- + med(ērī) to heal, assuage, remedy (cf. medical) + -ium -ium; (v.) late Middle English remedien (< Middle French remedier) < Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium. Dictionary C13: from Anglo- Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medical. —Dictionary.com. //

​First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 15th century. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English remedie, from Anglo-French, from Latin remedium, from re- + mederi to heal —more at medical. —Merriam-Webster.

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