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   Cor·rec·tion

   /kəˈrekSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of correcting something: "I checked the typing for errors and sent it back for correction" Similar rectifyingrectificationrightingputting rightsetting rightputting to rightsamendmentemendationalterationalteringadjustmentadjustingmodificationmodifyingrepairremedyresolutionrevisionimprovementimprovingameliorationsorting outclearing upinformal:patching upironing outtweakingarchaic:reparation
   • ▪ a change that rectifies an error or inaccuracy: "he made a few corrections to my homework"
   • ▪ used to introduce an amended version of something one has just said: "after today—correction, she thought grimly, after tonight—she'd never see him again"
   • ▪ a quantity adjusting a numerical result to allow for a departure from standard conditions: "isotopic ratios are presented normalized to NBS SRM981 using a fractionation correction of 0.101% per a.m.u"
   • ▪ a temporary reversal in an overall trend of stock market prices, especially a brief fall during an overall increase: "they're still looking for the market to go up and believe we are just going through a correction"
   • ▪ punishment, especially that of criminals in prison intended to rectify their behavior: "the incompatibility of justice and correction as penal objectives has long been the major unsolved problem of penal practice" Similar punishmentreformreformationdisciplinechastisementcastigationadmonitionreproofreprimand

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin correctio(n-), from corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’ (see correct).

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