Correction

What do we mean by correction?

The act or process of correcting. noun

Something offered or substituted for a mistake or fault. noun

Punishment intended to rehabilitate or improve. noun

The treatment of offenders through a system of penal incarceration, rehabilitation, probation, and parole, or the administrative system by which these are effectuated. noun

An amount or quantity added or subtracted in order to correct. noun

A decline in stock-market activity or prices following a period of increases. noun

The act of correcting, or of bringing into conformity to a standard, model, or original: as, the correction of an arithmetical computation; the correction of a proof-sheet. noun

The act of noting and pointing out for removal or amendment, as errors, defects, mistakes, or faults of any kind. noun

The change or amendment indicated or effected; that which is proposed or substituted for what is wrong; an emendation: as, the corrections on a proof. noun

Correctness. noun

In mathematics and physics, a subordinate quantity which has to be taken into account and applied in order to insure accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem. noun

The act of counteracting or removing whatever is undesirable, inconvenient, or injurious: as, the correction of abuses in connection with the public service; the correction of acidity of the stomach. noun

In optics, the elimination of spherical or chromatic aberration from an eyepiece or object-glass; also, loosely, the error produced by aberration of the two kinds. noun

The rectification of faults, or the attempt to rectify them, as in character or conduct, by the use of restraint or punishment; that which corrects; chastisement; discipline; reproof. noun

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. noun

The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. noun

That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation. noun

Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects. noun

An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument. noun

The act of correcting.

A substitution for an error or mistake.

Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.

An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.

A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.

(procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

In IM conversations, users often send messages in haste and only afterwards notice a typographical error (shortened as typo). It is common practice to correct the typo by sending a subsequent message where the word CORRECTION precedes the correct word. Urban Dictionary

To look physically good. To be in good shape. To not be saggin' or a big person. Urban Dictionary

When a person uses the phrase " political correctiveness " in a sentence, trying to sound intelligent. When in fact, correctiveness is not a word at all. Urban Dictionary

A procedure which has consistently corrected a specific type of error. Urban Dictionary

The right answer; its exact. Urban Dictionary

The act of being 100% correct, without fail Urban Dictionary

1.the right answer 2.looking good Urban Dictionary

When something is more correct than correct. Urban Dictionary

Slang term for murder or killing someone or something My girlfriend Nicole told me she saw a spider in the washroom and "corrected its ass" Urban Dictionary

Latin for one who is full of correctedness. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to correction:
correction, correption, porrection, collection, correlation, connection, corruption, confection, convection, corrective, correctify, corrections, correcting, corrector, contection, incorrection, correcto, codirection.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word correction:
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Words that rhyme with correction:
collection, section, inflection, reflection, projection, direction, connection, affection, predilection, infection, protection, selection, introspection, election, complexion, confection, injection, insurrection, perfection, resurrection, intersection, inspection, convection, objection, rejection, dissection, flexion, erection, interjection, recollection, detection, advection, cross section, midsection, defection, interconnection, imperfection, circumspection, disaffection, natural selection, ejection, transection, rection, reelection, redirection, disconnection, caesarean section, mutual affection, disinfection, reinspection, right of election, by election, conic section, mercator projection, stage direction, preelection, general election, conic projection, bottle collection, conical projection, primary election, golden section, quarter section, map projection, urinary tract infection, garbage collection, rhythm section, sound reflection, angle of reflection, eye infection, overprotection, violin section, bye election, coin collection, intravenous injection, opportunistic infection, string section, stamp collection, art collection, fungal infection, trade protection, brass section, sense of direction, map collection, vertical section, coefficient of reflection, clarinet section, focal infection, mental rejection, rental collection, signal detection, change of direction, horizontal section, loan collection, plane section, point of intersection, sports section, trumpet section, reed section, tax collection.

Adjectives that are often used to describe correction:
surgical, necessary, small, full, total, further, proper, self, rapid, immediate, appropriate, complete, operative, partial, optical, slight, automatic, order, over, simple, final, refractive, forward, possible, additional, subsequent, monetary, constant, atmospheric, prompt, spontaneous, successful, fraternal, adequate, gradual, minor, relativistic, corresponding, orthodontic, accurate, moderate, suitable, empirical, spherical, geometric, secondary, mutual, manual, permanent, careful, finite, blank, maximum, satisfactory, term, due, simultaneous, chromatic, differential, error, astigmatic, gentle, definitive, forcible, visual, angular, anatomic, color, postural, speech.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective correction:
house, factor, terms, glass, line.

Consonant match to correction:
coaction.

Words that sound like correction:
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