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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..

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

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

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..

Irremediably :: Irremediably (adv.) In a manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, or correction..

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..

Correctory :: Correctory (a.) Containing or making correction; corrective.

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

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

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..

Correctioner :: Correctioner (n.) One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction..

Equate :: Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances..

Correction :: Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction..

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

Amendment :: Amendment (n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.

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..

Discipline :: Discipline (n.) Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

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..

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..

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..

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