Definition of correction

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

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Uncorrigible :: Uncorrigible (a.) Incorrigible; not capable of correction.
Amendment :: Amendment (n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Submissive to correction; docile.
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Emendation; correction.
Redress :: Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
Amendment :: Amendment (n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
Correction :: Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction..
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..
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..
Revise :: Revise (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..
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.
Censorial :: Censorial (a.) Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals..
Emendation :: Emendation (n.) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement..
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..
Proof :: Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet..
Correction :: Correction (n.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach..
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..
Correctional :: Correctional (a.) Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution..
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