Correction

//kəˈɹɛkʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of correcting. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right wordnet
  3. 3
    A substitution for an error or mistake. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    treatment of a specific defect wordnet
  5. 5
    Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "As the facts of the case were investigated, it became apparent that before us was the story of a man whom the entire machinery of law enforcement and correction had conspired against from the beginning to the end."

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  1. 6
    the act of disciplining wordnet
  2. 7
    An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases wordnet
  4. 9
    A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    something substituted for an error wordnet
  6. 11
    a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted countable, uncountable

    "I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over."

  7. 12
    a rebuke for making a mistake wordnet
  8. 13
    a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.

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