correction, rectification
(noun) the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
correction
(noun) treatment of a specific defect; “the correction of his vision with eye glasses”
discipline, correction
(noun) the act of disciplining; “the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received”
correction
(noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; “market runups are invariably followed by a correction”
correction
(noun) something substituted for an error
correction, chastening, chastisement
(noun) a rebuke for making a mistake
correction, fudge factor
(noun) a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)
The act of correcting.
A substitution for an error or mistake.
(chiefly in the plural) 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
• hypercorrection
• self-correction
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*rec"tion (kr-rk"shn), n. Etym: [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.]
1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. Strype.
2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. Shak.
3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.
4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.
5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares.
– House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell.
– Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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