remedy

Everyday

1. A medicine or treatment that cures or helps an illness. tree →
2. A way to fix a problem. tree →
3. (verb, formal) To put right or fix: remedy the situation. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and health, home remedies like honey for a cough. In stories and history, herbal remedies. In formal language, «remedy the problem». Phrases: home remedy, herbal remedy, a remedy for.

Examples

• Honey and lemon is a remedy for a sore throat. tree →
• Grandma has a remedy for everything. tree →
• There is no remedy for the common cold. tree →
• We need a remedy for the noise in class. tree →
• The school remedied the problem with new heaters. tree →
• Some old remedies don't really work. tree →
• Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease. tree →

Note

Plural: remedies; past: remedied (y to i). Safety: some «natural remedies» are myths and can be harmful; ask a doctor.

In Jewish tradition

In Proverbs and Chronicles it means a cure or a way of being healed; "without remedy" means no chance of repair.

Interpretation. The sages read these verses as warnings that people who keep refusing correction may lose the chance to turn back, though repentance is always urged.

Examples

• He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy. (Writings PRO.29.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. (Writings PRO.6.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy. (Writings 2CH.36.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Plural: remedies; past: remedied (y to i). Safety: some «natural remedies» are myths and can be harmful; ask a doctor.