Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
REMEDY
I. noun (plural -dies) see: medical
Date: 13th century
a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease, something that corrects or counteracts, the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong, remediless adjective
II. transitive verb (-died; -dying)
Date: 15th century
to provide or serve as a remedy for ; relieve , see: correct