Definition of correction

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Correction (n.) The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement..

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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..
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..
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..
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
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..
Emendation :: Emendation (n.) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement..
Correction :: Correction (n.) The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement..
Self-discipline :: Self-discipline (n.) Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.
Amendment :: Amendment (n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
Correctory :: Correctory (a.) Containing or making correction; corrective.
Incorrection :: Incorrection (n.) Want of correction, restraint, or discipline..
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..
Roughcast :: Roughcast (v. t.) To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish..
Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc..
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..
Censorial :: Censorial (a.) Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals..
Proof :: Proof (n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet..
Rod :: Rod (n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement..
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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