What does remedied mean?
Remedied is the past tense and past participle of remedy, meaning that a problem, error, defect, or harmful condition has been dealt with and put right. In its most common use, it refers to correcting something that was faulty or unsatisfactory: a software error may be remedied, a design flaw may be remedied, or a complaint may be remedied by an explanation or apology. It can also describe reducing or alleviating a difficulty, such as a shortage, environmental damage, or a deficiency. The word is more typical of formal and professional writing than of casual conversation, where people often say fixed, solved, or sorted out instead. Related forms include remedy, remedial, and remediation. The word ultimately comes from Latin remedium, a remedy or cure, reflecting its long-established sense of healing or restoring something to a better condition.
verb (past tense and past participle)Remedied means that a problem, fault, defect, or harmful condition has been put right, corrected, or alleviated.
- A problem, fault, defect, or error was corrected or put right.
- A harmful condition, deficiency, or difficulty was alleviated.
"The engineers quickly remedied the fault in the system."
"The new instructions remedied the confusion among the participants."
"The charity helped to remedy the shortage of essential supplies."
From the Latin remedium, meaning “remedy” or “cure,” remedied points to the long history of human efforts to set things right.
Reviewed by Deb Chak, Editor. AI-assisted content curated by RJS Tech Solutions LLP.
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How remedied is actually used
Remedied is usually formal and is commonly used in written or professional contexts, especially for faults, defects, and problems that have been corrected. It is normally transitive, although it is also frequently used in the passive, as in “the issue was remedied.”
Easily confused with remedied
Remedied means that something was corrected or put right, whereas reminded means that someone was asked or caused to remember something.