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1 redress the balance
(to make things equal again.) vzpostaviti ravnotežje -
2 redress
[rə'dres] 1. verb(to set right or compensate for: The company offered the man a large sum of money to redress the harm that their product had done to him.) odškodovati2. noun((money etc which is paid as) compensation for some wrong that has been done.) odškodnina* * *I [ridrés]nounnadomestilo, kompenzacija, odškodovanje, odškodnina, reparacija; poprava, pomoč, lek, zadoščenje, odstranitev krivice; vzpostavitev, obnoviteva wrong that asks for redress — krivica, ki zahteva popravo (zadoščenje)II [ridrés]transitive verb(ponovno) vzpostaviti (ravnotežje), popraviti (krivico); nadomestiti, nadoknaditi komu škodo ( for za), odškodovati; odstraniti, odpraviti, ukiniti (napake, slabosti, zlo); najti lek, odpomoči; dati zadoščenje, uslišati pritožbe; pomagati, ublažiti
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