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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..

Revision :: Revision (n.) The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes..

Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction..

Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith..

Bridewell :: Bridewell (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse..

Redress :: Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.

Amendment :: Amendment (n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.

Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..

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..

Correctory :: Correctory (a.) Containing or making correction; corrective.

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

Reformation :: Reformation (n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses..

Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement..

Incorrection :: Incorrection (n.) Want of correction, restraint, or discipline..

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..

Incorrigible :: Incorrigible (a.) Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor..

Revisal :: Revisal (n.) The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty..

Correction :: Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction..

Revise :: Revise (v. t.) To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation..

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