Remedied

Remedied is the past tense and past participle of the verb remedy. It describes the act of correcting a problem, repairing a defect, or providing redress, such that the issue is resolved or the harm addressed. The word derives from the Latin remedium, meaning cure, through Old French remédier, and is used in both everyday language and more formal contexts.

In everyday use, remedied indicates that an issue has been fixed. For example, “The defect was remedied,” or “The issue has been remedied.” It often implies that appropriate steps were taken to restore normal functioning or to alleviate a problem. In legal and administrative contexts, remedied signals that a violation or harm has been corrected or that relief has been provided to the injured party.

In law, a remedy is a means of enforcing rights or compensating for wrongs, and remedied can describe the completion of those corrective measures. Examples include correcting an error in a contract, addressing a regulatory violation, or implementing corrective actions after a compliance breach. The related noun is remedy, and the related process is remediation.

Remedied is sometimes contrasted with remediation, the latter referring to the process of correcting or cleaning up ongoing problems, such as environmental remediation. Related terms include remedial, remedy, rectify, repair, redress, and compensate. In usage, remedied functions as a completed action, whereas remediation denotes the ongoing or preparatory process.