Remediate

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Remedial.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Remedial.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To correct or improve a deficiency or problem.
  • adjective. Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject.
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  • verb. set straight or right
  • Word Usage
    "In meetings with Ecuadorean officials he offered to clean up, or "remediate," some of the waste pits and to offset or remedy certain other problems in the concession area, in return for a release from further liability."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    correct  rectify  right  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rectify  remedial  remedy