rectification

[ rek-tuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
2. Astrology. the method by which the known times of major events in one's life are used to determine an unknown time of birth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rectification¹

1425–75; late Middle English; < Middle French < Late Latin rectificātiōn-, stem of rectificātiō. See rectify, -fication

Example Sentences

A 'profound revolution'The scope and velocity of the society-wide rectification has some worried China may be at the beginning of the kind of cultural and ideological upheaval that has brought the country to a standstill before.

From Washington Post

U.S.-China relations could certainly stand a little Confucian “rectification.”

From The Daily Beast

The error has been acknowledged, and its rectification is in the works.

From The Daily Beast

The great Chinese philosopher Confucius put forward a timeless and important doctrine: The rectification of names.

From The Daily Beast

And what is wanting in such is principally the rectification of their views: their endeavours are harmonious and consistent.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence the large expenses attending rectification, which produce fine alcohols necessarily at an elevated price.

From Project Gutenberg

With the cost of a single distillation we have, at once, distillation and rectification, or a single expense for two results.

From Project Gutenberg

The history of the drainage of the fens and the rectification of its river courses is a long and complicated one.

From Project Gutenberg

During stage L an apparent rectification of the cranial flexure commences, and is completed by stage Q.

From Project Gutenberg

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