rectification
the act of rectifying, or the fact of being rectified.
Astrology. the method by which the known times of major events in one's life are used to determine an unknown time of birth.
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How to use rectification in a sentence
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.
Xi Jinping’s crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society | Lily Kuo | September 9, 2021 | Washington PostU.S.-China relations could certainly stand a little Confucian “rectification.”
The error has been acknowledged, and its rectification is in the works.
Israel To Return Farmland To Palestinian Owners | Emily L. Hauser | February 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe great Chinese philosopher Confucius put forward a timeless and important doctrine: The rectification of names.
And what is wanting in such is principally the rectification of their views: their endeavours are harmonious and consistent.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
Hence the large expenses attending rectification, which produce fine alcohols necessarily at an elevated price.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | VariousWith the cost of a single distillation we have, at once, distillation and rectification, or a single expense for two results.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | VariousThe history of the drainage of the fens and the rectification of its river courses is a long and complicated one.
During stage L an apparent rectification of the cranial flexure commences, and is completed by stage Q.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
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