| comedy | (noun) light and humorous drama with a happy ending | - |
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| (noun) a comic incident or series of incidents | Synonyms: clowning, drollery, funniness |
| remedy | (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | Synonyms: redress, remediation |
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| (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, cure, therapeutic |
| (verb) provide relief for | Synonyms: relieve |
| (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, repair |
| seriocomedy | (noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones | Synonyms: tragicomedy |
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| tragicomedy | (noun) a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating | - |
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| (noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones | Synonyms: seriocomedy |