correction
noun/kəˈɹɛkʃən/
Etymology From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
1
The act of correcting.
2
A substitution for an error or mistake.
3
In plural Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- As the facts of the case were investigated, it became apparent that before us was the story of a man whom the entire machinery of law enforcement and correction had conspired against from the beginning to the end.1973 December 29, David A. DeNeef, “The Incident At Bridgewater”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 2:
4
An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
5
A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
6
Government, Military, Politics, War a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
- I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.
- Derived terms
33 terms
autocorrection, Bessel's correction, Bonferroni correction, colorimetric correction, corflu, correctional, correction center, correction centre, correctioner, correction factor, correction fluid, correctionist, correction line, correction officer, correction paper, correction tape, course correction, gamma correction, geocorrection, Heckman correction, house of correction, immunocorrection, incorrection, miscorrection, noncorrection, oblique correction, overcorrection, political correction, posture correction, precorrection, recorrection, undercorrection, under correction- Hyponyms
- hypercorrection, self-correction