verb.
To correct or improve a deficiency or problem.
adjective.
Intended to correct or improvedeficient 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."