correction

(noun)

noun

1. the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

Similar word(s): rectification

Definition categories: act, improvement

2. a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

Definition categories: quantity

3. something substituted for an error

Definition categories: communication, editing, redaction

4. a rebuke for making a mistake

Similar word(s): chastening, chastisement

Definition categories: communication, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval

5. a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases

- market runups are invariably followed by a correction

Definition categories: attribute, dip, drop, fall

6. the act of disciplining

Similar word(s): discipline

Definition categories: act, penalization, penalty, punishment

7. treatment of a specific defect

- the correction of his vision with eye glasses

Definition categories: act, therapy