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correction

 
Noun correction has 7 senses
  1. correction, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
    --1 is a kind of improvement
    --1 has particulars:
     redress, remedy, remediation; retribution; recompense, compensation; amendment; emendation
    Derived form: verb correct1
  2. correction, fudge factor - a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
    --2 is a kind of indefinite quantity
  3. correction - something substituted for an error
    --3 is a kind of
    editing, redaction
    --3 has particulars: erasure
  4. correction, chastening, chastisement - a rebuke for making a mistake
    --4 is a kind of rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
  5. correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"
    --5 is a kind of
    drop, dip, fall, free fall
  6. discipline, correction - the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
    --6 is a kind of punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
    --6 has particulars: spanking
    Derived form: verb correct5
  7. correction - treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
    --7 is a kind of
    therapy
    --7 has particulars: fusion, spinal fusion
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