self-correction
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a word derived from
self-correcting.
self-correctingadjectiveautomatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc..
Example Sentences
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Our capacity for self-correction is indeed compromised by lack of belief in the sacred worth of human beings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Historically, South Korea has overcome political crises through self-correction and democratic resilience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
But it is also ambitious, unpredictable, forward looking and moving, and as the vice presidency of a woman with a Jamaican father and Indian mother demonstrates, capable of profound self-correction.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
Some experts see these moves as a self-correction from the bloated workforces created during the pandemic, when tech companies such as Amazon and Shopify prospered during months when other businesses suffered.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
CONCLUSION.—If you do not use for your self-correction any blame you may undergo, then you may be sure that more and more will attach to you.
From The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)