All 3 Uses of
redress
in
The Cask of Amontillado
- A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
*unredressed = not made rightstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unredressed means not and reverses the meaning of redressed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
redresser = someone who compensates or makes up for a wrong
- It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.
unredressed = not corrected, or not made rightstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unredressed means not and reverses the meaning of redressed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(redress) fix a problem; or make up for a wrong
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, redress can mean to dress again.