REDRESS, n. 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. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "REDRESS, n. 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."

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Afterward	Among	Anglosaxon	Applied
Assured	Back	Beat	Brazen
Choice	Conceiving	Hangman	Himself
Image	Injury	King	Latter
Moderation	Naked	Offender	Performed
Permitted	Plaintiffs	Proving	Public
Redress	Reparation	Rite	Royal
Satisfaction	Subject	Switch	Without
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