REMEDIATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

Synonyms:

redress; remediation; remedy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("remediation" is a kind of...):

correction; rectification (the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remediation"):

salve (anything that remedies or heals or soothes)

Derivation:

remediate (set straight or right)