correction

1. n. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. Source: opted

2. n. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. n. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. Source: opted

5. n. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. Source: opted

6. n. the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right Source: wordnet

7. n. a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure Source: wordnet

8. n. something substituted for an error Source: wordnet

9. n. a rebuke for making a mistake Source: wordnet

10. n. a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases Source: wordnet

11. n. the act of disciplining Source: wordnet

12. n. treatment of a specific defect Source: wordnet

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