Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. {Remedies} (-d?z). [L.
   remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
   rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See {Medical}.]
   1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
      application which puts an end to disease and restores
      health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

   2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
      corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
      by for or against, formerly by to.

            What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our
            own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us.
                                                  --Milton.

   3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
      redress for a wrong.

   {Civil remedy}. See under {Civil}.

   {Remedy of the mint} (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
      from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
      also {tolerance}.

   Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
        relief; aid; help; assistance.