- something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.
- the act of correcting.
- punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof.
- the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders.
- a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem: A five degree correction will put the ship on course.
- a reversal of the trend of stock prices, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions.
- the act or process of correcting
- something offered or substituted for an error; an improvement
- the act or process of punishing; reproof
- a number or quantity added to or subtracted from a scientific or mathematical calculation or observation to increase its accuracy
