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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
remediation

1818, noun of action from stem of Latin remediare, from span class="foreign">remedium (see remedy (n.)). In educational jargon from c.1975.

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remediation

n. An action or process of remedying a situation.

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remediation

n. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: redress, remedy]

Usage examples of "remediation".

Blue indicates low-dose, and red means a bad hot spot that we need to worry about in the remediation program for nuclear waste clean-up.

The cost of nuclear remediation for all the sites in this country alone is estimated to be in the trillions of dollars.

Of course, the low subtest scores are valuable, too -- they yield clues to areas of weakness, which is necessary for planning remediation.

Be advised you have received an ionizing radiation dose of approximately four Greys, and that this will be life-threatening without urgent remediation.