correction

[ kuh-rek-shuh n ]

/ kəˈrɛk ʃən /

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noun

something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.

punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof.

Usually corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders.

a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem: A five degree correction will put the ship on course.

a reversal of the trend of stock prices, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions.

Words nearby correction

corral, corrasion, correa, correct, correcting plate, correction, correction fluid, correctional, correctional facility, correctional officer, correctitude

Origin of correction

1300–50; Middle English correccio(u)n (< Anglo-French) < Latin corrēctiōn- (stem of corrēctiō) a setting straight. See correct, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM correction

non·cor·rec·tion, nounpre·cor·rec·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for correction

Correction: Officer Jose Rodriguez was misidentified in several places in an earlier version of this story.
Choking Back Tears, Thousands of Cops Honor Fallen Officer Ramos|Michael Daly|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Correction: An earlier version of this article said John Lewis attended the event, not Elijah Cummings.
Capitol Hill's Black Staffers Walk Out to Say ‘Hands Up, Don't Shoot!’|Tim Mak|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that ISIS has been known to use the application FireChat.
ISIS Keeps Getting Better at Dodging U.S. Spies|Shane Harris, Noah Shachtman|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Correction: The original article stated that Starboard Strategic Inc. had undertaken the Internet media buy for the NRA.
A Tom Cotton Ad on Grindr?|Ben Jacobs|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He ordered his secretary to reimburse the fees and will issue a correction to his political funds reports.
‘Whip it!’ Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Cabinet Of Horrors|Jake Adelstein|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The problem was a knotty one, for as Bellefont was still of sub-stature the means of correction were limited.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson
It existed merely for the purpose of outward discipline, restraint and correction.
Epistle Sermons, Vol. II|Martin Luther
The name recalls our own house of correction, but the 'workhouse' is in fact the opposite of that.
The Vagrancy Problem.|William Harbutt Dawson
Nothing can be more correct than this; yet some approve 339of Mr. Harness's correction, Achieved men.
The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays|Thomas Keightley
Cases may arise in which a correction of the judgment thus formed may be necessary.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for correction

correction

/ (kəˈrɛkʃən) /

noun

the act or process of correcting

something offered or substituted for an error; an improvement

the act or process of punishing; reproof

a number or quantity added to or subtracted from a scientific or mathematical calculation or observation to increase its accuracy

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