That which cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; with for; as a remedy for the gout.

That which counteracts an evil of any kind; with for, to or against; usually with for. Civil government is the remedy for the evils of natural liberty. What remedy can be provided for extravagance in dress? The man who shall invent an effectual remedy for intemperance, will deserve every thing from his fellow men.

That which cures uneasiness. Our griefs how swift, our remedies how slow.

That which repairs loss or disaster; reparation. In the death of a man there is no remedy.

To cure; to heal; as, to remedy a disease.

To cure; to remove, as an evil; as, to remedy grief; to remedy the evils of a war.

To repair; to remove mischief; in a very general sense.