Definition of correct

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Correct (a.) Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views..

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Incurable :: Incurable (a.) Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils..
Best :: Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself..
Visit :: Visit (v. t.) To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
Chastened :: Chastened (a.) Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
Grey :: Grey (a.) See Gray (the correct orthography).
Right :: Right (a.) Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford..
Equate :: Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances..
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
Corrupt :: Corrupt (a.) Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt..
Correctness :: Correctness (n.) The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy..
Rightly :: Rightly (adv.) According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly.
Orthographer :: Orthographer (n.) One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.
Correction :: Correction (n.) 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..
Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement..
Reform :: Reform (v. i.) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform..
Orthodoxy :: Orthodoxy (n.) By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief..
Corrigibility :: Corrigibility (n.) Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.
Right :: Right (a.) That which is right or correct.
Interline :: Interline (v. t.) To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book..
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