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adjective

as in corrective
serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition I've given the engine a remedying tune-up that should put an end to that knocking

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verb

present participle of remedy
1
as in healing
to bring about recovery from a little extra studying should remedy your poor performance in history thus far this year

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2
as in amending
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from needed to wear glasses to remedy her bad vision

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Recent Examples of remedying
Verb
Taking the time to figure out where the block is happening and remedying it in a gentle manner is always the best way to go. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 July 2026 Ahead, design experts share the five most glaring living room flaws, plus advice for remedying them. — Madeline Bilis, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026 Starmer is historically unpopular in Britain after a series of scandals and policy missteps, with critics accusing him of lacking a political vision for remedying the country’s stagnant post-Brexit economy. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 June 2026 For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color. — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Presuming that sons are already less social is not a recipe for remedying this bias. — Lise Eliot, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026 There is a dearth of curries in New York—something chef Vijay Kumar, of Dhamaka, Adda, and Semma, has been steadily remedying in recent years. — Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 21 Feb. 2026 The city invested a $125 million grant package to aid in remedying flood concerns in June. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2026 On Thursday, Democratic lawmakers met in the Capitol to denounce Uthmeier and his opinion and say that Uthmeier was ignoring the difference between remedying harm and creating advantage. — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remedying
  1. corrective
  2. healing
  3. amending
  4. beneficial
  5. curing
  6. correcting
  7. reformative
  8. alleviating
Adjective
  • The landfill will have two years to comply with the corrective measures.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The individual who suffered the allergic reaction has fully recovered, and the manufacturer has identified the cause of the mislabeling issue and has taken corrective measures, the FDA said in its recall report.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of corrective
Verb
  • Antosh recommends checking with a doctor before using a high-pressure bidet right after childbirth or with genital ulcers, since powerful streams can irritate healing tissue.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The film looks at Bareilles’ experience of channeling her own pain to create art and the healing journey that accompanied it.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of healing
Verb
  • The complex legislation — added by gutting and amending a bill known as Senate Bill 492 — was introduced less than three days before the legislative session was to end Monday.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • For a better harvest, Glassey recommends amending the soil before planting fig trees in rocky terrain.
    — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of amending
Adjective
  • Unlike tobacco, a static product with no real defensible qualities outside of recreation, consumer technology is ever evolving, and the lines between harmfully addictive and beneficial to society can be extremely blurry.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Also, ants are a beneficial insect and may not even be harming your plants.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of beneficial
Verb
  • The whole system runs on curing the harvest each fall and drawing it down slowly, month after month, until the next crop starts arriving around October.
    — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Material profiles, printer settings, wash cycles, and curing profiles all work together automatically.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of curing
Verb
  • As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Here’s how to figure out the cause, along with tips for correcting and preventing the problem.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of correcting
Adjective
  • As part of the reformative aims of the convict system, many of these men were incarcerated at Fremantle Prison, trained, and put to work on infrastructure projects such as bridges, roads, and public buildings.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King's death, African Americans continue to proudly honor his reformative legacy in Phoenix.
    — The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
Definition of reformative
Verb
  • Europe’s efforts are for now too modest, too regulated, too fragmented, and too focused on alleviating government restrictions rather than promoting commercial use to fundamentally change dependencies that have accumulated over decades.
    — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In 2021, in hopes of alleviating economic pressures during the pandemic, Congress passed legislation eliminating premiums for people with the lowest incomes and reduced the cost for people with higher incomes.
    — Robert Applebaum, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of alleviating

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“Remedying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remedying. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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