Correctio

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning. rhetoric, uncountable

    "This syntactic correctio (self-correction) is not so emphatic as to constitute full ambiguity."

Synonyms

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epanorthosismetanoia

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"This syntactic correctio (self-correction) is not so emphatic as to constitute full ambiguity."

Etymology

From Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correction.

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