| NOUN | act | correction, rectification | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake |
|---|---|---|---|
| quantity | correction, fudge factor | a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure | |
| communication | correction | something substituted for an error | |
| communication | correction, chastening, chastisement | a rebuke for making a mistake | |
| attribute | correction | a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases / increases | |
| act | correction, discipline | the act of punishing | |
| act | correction | treatment of a specific defect |
| Sounds | kereh'kshahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right. | |
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| Synonym | rectification | |
| Narrower | amendment | The act of amending or correcting |
| emendation | A correction by emending | |
| recompense, compensation | The act of compensating for service or loss or injury | |
| redress, remedy, remediation | Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | |
| retribution | The act of correcting for your wrongdoing | |
| Broader | improvement | The act of improving something |
| Spanish | corrección, rectificación | |
| Catalan | correcció, rectificació | |
| Adjectives | correctional | concerned with or providing correction |
| Verbs | correct | make right or correct |
| Meaning | A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure. | |
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| Synonym | fudge factor | |
| Broader | indefinite quantity | An estimated quantity |
| Meaning | Something substituted for an error. | |
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| Narrower | erasure | A correction made by erasing |
| Broader | editing, redaction | putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form |
| Spanish | corrección | |
| Meaning | A rebuke for making a mistake. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | chastening, chastisement | |
| Broader | rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand | An act or expression of criticism and censure |
| Spanish | castigo, correctivo, escarmiento, sanción | |
| Catalan | càstig | |
| Meaning | A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases / increases. | |
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| Example | "market runups are invariably followed by a correction" | |
| Broader | drop, dip, fall, free fall | A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity |
| Meaning | The act of punishing. | |
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| Synonym | discipline | |
| Narrower | spanking | The act of slapping on the buttocks |
| Broader | punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation | The act of punishing |
| Adjectives | correctional | concerned with or providing correction |
| Verbs | correct | punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience |
| Meaning | treatment of a specific defect. | |
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| Example | "the correction of his vision with eye glasses" | |
| Narrower | fusion, spinal fusion | correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae |
| Broader | therapy | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) |
| Spanish | corrección | |
| Catalan | correcció | |
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