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Definitions for: Correction
[n] the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
[n] treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
[n] the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
[n] something substituted for an error
[n] a rebuke for making a mistake
[n] a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
Webster (1913) Definition: Cor*rec"tion (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf.
F. correction.]
1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was
wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as
of an erroneous statement.
The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of
God's word, and other scandalouss vices. --Strype.
2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is
intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment;
discipline; chastisement.
Correction and instruction must both work Ere this
rude beast will profit. --Shak.
3. 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.
4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what
is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the
correction of acidity in the stomach.
5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as,
chronometer correction; compass correction.
Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line
in laying out township in the government lands of the
United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a
correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of
meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships
must be squares.
House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are
confined; a bridewell.
Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the
possibility of error.
Synonyms: chastening, chastisement, discipline, fudge factor, rectification
See Also: amendment, compensation, editing, emendation, erasure, fusion, improvement, indefinite quantity, penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment, rebuke, recompense, redaction, redress, remediation, remedy, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, retribution, spanking, spinal fusion, therapy
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