Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

redressment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-dress-ment
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of redressing; redress.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"July 19 1822, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Doctor Waterhouse Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic"

Etymology

Compare French redressement.

Usage

Inflected Forms

redressments (plural)

Questions

What does redressment mean?: The act of redressing; redress.
Where does redressment come from?: Compare French redressement.

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