Definition of Redress

Redemption

REDRESS noun

	Reparation without satisfaction. Among the Anglo-Saxon a subject conceiving himself wronged by the king was permitted, on proving his injury, to beat a brazen image of the royal offender with a switch that was afterward applied to his own naked back. The latter rite was performed by the public hangman, and it assured moderation in the plaintiff's choice of a switch.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Red-skin

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