Definition of correction

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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..

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Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith..
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..
Proof :: Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction..
Chastisement :: Chastisement (n.) The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
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.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach..
Self-discipline :: Self-discipline (n.) Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.
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..
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Submissive to correction; docile.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod..
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
Correctional :: Correctional (a.) Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution..
Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..
Roughcast :: Roughcast (v. t.) To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish..
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Emendation; correction.
Revise :: Revise (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
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..
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..
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..
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