- conformity to fact or truth; freedom from error; accuracy: The correctness of the eyewitness’s account was later called into question.
- the quality of being proper; conformity to an acknowledged or accepted standard: We are concerned with the correctness of our probationers' conduct.
- the quality of being just or right in a judgment or opinion: We accepted the correctness of the tribunal’s ruling.
- an indication of or adherence to a liberal or progressive ideology on matters of ethnicity, religion, sexuality, ecology, etc.: A car strewn with Styrofoam cups is hardly a testimony to environmental correctness.
