noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action or process of rectifying. countable, uncountable

   "the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits"

2. 2
   determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve wordnet
3. 3
   The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right wordnet
5. 5
   The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3. countable, uncountable

Show 6 more definitions

6. 6
   the conversion of alternating current to direct current wordnet
7. 7
   The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem. countable, uncountable
8. 8
   (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation wordnet
9. 9
   Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation. countable, uncountable
10. 10
    Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement. countable, historical, uncountable
11. 11
    A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

correctionreformamendmentamendsatonementbalancing

Example

More examples

"After realizing his mistake, Tom immediately sought rectification of the record."

Etymology

From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio.

Related phrases

image rectification

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.