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self-redress

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
self--re-dress
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution.

Uncountable

verb

To redress a wrong against oneself; to take revenge.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English redress English self-redress From self- + redress.

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-redresses (present, singular) self-redressing (participle, present) self-redressed (participle, past) self-redressed (past)

Questions

What does self-redress mean?
Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution.
Where does self-redress come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English redress English self-redress From self- + redress.

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