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Emend :: Emend (v. t.) To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal..

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..

Spinstress :: Spinster (n.) A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.

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

Rod :: Rod (n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement..

Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Submissive to correction; docile.

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

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

Deal :: Deal (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with..

Revise :: Revise (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Overhaul :: Overhaul (v. t.) To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs..

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

Interlining :: Interlining (n.) Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.

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

Proof :: Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet..

Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude..

Censorial :: Censorial (a.) Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals..

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..

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..

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..

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