To remedy a default by paying overdue money
or by fulfilling other obligations.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
cure (noun)
1.
a) spiritual charge - care
b) pastoral charge of a parish
2.
a) recovery or relief from a disease
b) something (as a drug or treatment) that a disease - cures
c) a course or period of treatment - take the cure for alcoholism
d) - spa
3.
a complete or permanent solution or remedy - seeking a cure for unemployment
4.
a process or method of curing
cure (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to restore to health, soundness, or normality
b) to bring about recovery from - cure a disease
2.
a) to deal with in a way that eliminates or rectifies - his small size, which time would cure for him William Faulkner
b) to free from something objectionable or harmful - trying to cure him of a bad habit
3.
intransitive verb
to prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use - fish cured with salt
1.
a) to undergo a curing process
b) - set
2.
to effect a cure
cure (noun)
a parish priest
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
cure (noun)
1.
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
SYNONYMS:
antidote, corrective, curative, rectifier, remedy, therapeutic, therapy
RELATED WORDS:
cure-all, elixir, panacea; answer, solution; aid, help, relief, succor; balm, medicinal, medicine, palliative
cure (noun)
2.
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
SYNONYMS:
cure, drug, medicament, medication, medicinal, pharmaceutical, physic, remedy, specific
RELATED WORDS:
cure-all, nostrum, panacea; botanical, patent medicine, prescription, prescription drug; cordial, potion, tonic; miracle drug, wonder drug; cap, capsule, pill, tablet; injection, shot; embrocation, liniment, lotion, ointment, potion, poultice, salve; syrup ( sirup), tincture; antibiotic, antiseptic, serum; cathartic, purgative
cure (verb)
1.
to bring about recovery from
SYNONYMS:
heal, mend, remedy
RELATED WORDS:
allay, alleviate, assuage, relieve; palliate, salve, soothe; ease, lighten, moderate, temper; doctor, nurse; medicate, treat; diagnose
NEAR ANTONYMS:
aggravate, worsen; misdiagnose, overdiagnose, underdiagnose
cure (verb)
2.
to restore to a healthy condition
SYNONYMS:
cure, fix, mend, rehab, rehabilitate, set up
RELATED WORDS:
attend (to), care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, physic, treat; fortify, rejuvenate, renew, resuscitate, revitalize, revive; alleviate, relieve, remedy, repair
NEAR ANTONYMS:
cripple, damage, disable, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, wound; afflict, ail, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, lay up, sap, sicken, waste, weaken
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