Teachers must get tired of rectifying the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.
Source: tatoeba (1971)
Rectifying
Synonyms for "rectifying" (31 found)
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Noun(7 words)
Adjective(2 words)
correctionalcorrective action plan
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13 entriesactameliorationchangecorrectionelectrical processimprovementmodificationoperationpower conversionprocesspurification processseparation processunit operation
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16 entriesadjustingadjustmentcalibratingcorrectioncorrective actionfractional distillationfull-wave rectificationhalf-wave rectificationmultistage distillationrecalibratingrectifying circuitrectifying dioderedressingremedial measureremediationremedying
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13 entrieserror rectificationproblem rectificationrectification processrectifier circuitrectifying actionrectifying circuitrectifying dioderectifying electroderectifying errorsrectifying mechanismrectifying operationrectifying processrectifying stage
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At other times he taught her to play on the pipe, and as she began to breathe into it he snatched it from her, pressed the reeds to his lips and made them sound, under pretence of teaching her and rectifying her errors; but in reality his purpose was to kiss those parts of the instrument which her lips had touched, and thus the pipe became a conductor for his kisses.
Source: tatoeba (6212514)