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remediation

/rɪˌmiːdiˈeɪʃən/

B2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

The process of restoring or improving an impaired underlying skill or ability.

Rather than compensation, we chose remediation, working directly to rebuild his grip strength.

Similar: restoration

Topic: Occupational therapy in Medical English

Law noun

The action of correcting or making good environmental or physical damage.

The polluter was ordered to fund the remediation of the contaminated land.

Similar: cleanup, correction

Topic: Tort in Legal English

Business noun

The corrective work undertaken to fix an identified control or compliance failure.

The consent order gives us eighteen months of remediation before the monitor reassesses.

Topic: Corporate governance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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