'Correction' definitions:
Definition of 'correction'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right [syn: correction, rectification]
noun
A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure [syn: correction, fudge factor]
noun
Something substituted for an error
noun
A rebuke for making a mistake [syn: correction, chastening, chastisement]
noun
A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"
noun
The act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received" [syn: discipline, correction]
noun
Treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
Definition of 'Correction'
From: GCIDE
- Correction \Cor*rec"tion\ (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.]
- 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. [1913 Webster]
- The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. --Strype. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. [1913 Webster]
- Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. [1913 Webster]
- Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares.
- House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell.
- Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'correction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonishment,
- admonition,
- amendment,
- amends,
- appraisal,
- appraisement,
- approximation,
- assessment,
- assize,
- assizement,
- calculation,
- castigation,
- chastening,
- chastisement,
- chiding,
- compensation,
- computation,
- condign punishment,
- corrigendum,
- deserts,
- determination,
- disciplinary measures,
- discipline,
- editing,
- emendation,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- evaluation,
- ferule,
- fixing,
- gauging,
- improvement,
- infliction,
- instrumentation,
- judgment,
- judicial punishment,
- lecture,
- lesson,
- making right,
- measure,
- measurement,
- measuring,
- mending,
- mensuration,
- metric system,
- nemesis,
- objurgation,
- overhaul,
- overhauling,
- pains,
- pains and punishments,
- pay,
- payment,
- penal retribution,
- penalty,
- penology,
- punishment,
- punition,
- quantification,
- quantization,
- rating,
- rebuke,
- recension,
- recompense,
- rectification,
- redaction,
- redress,
- remedy,
- repair,
- repairing,
- reparation,
- reprehension,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- reprobation,
- reproof,
- reproval,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- retribution,
- retributive justice,
- revampment,
- revisal,
- revise,
- revised edition,
- revision,
- rewrite,
- rewriting,
- rod,
- satisfaction,
- scolding,
- scourge,
- sermon,
- spanking,
- survey,
- surveying,
- telemetering,
- telemetry,
- triangulation,
- troubleshooting,
- upbraiding,
- valuation,
- well-deserved punishment,
- what-for
Words containing 'Correction'
- Correct,
- Correctable,
- Corrected,
- Correctible,
- Correcting,
- Correctional,
- Corrective,
- Correctly,
- Correctness,
- Under correction,
- corrections,
- Correction line,
- House of correction,
- To stand corrected,
- correctional institution,
- correctional rehabilitation,
- department of corrections,
- over-correct,
- political correctness,
- politically correct,
- corrective disciplinary disciplinal,
- error correction code,
- error-correcting code