- 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 - 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
- correction - something substituted for an error
--3 is a kind of editing, redaction
--3 has particulars: erasure- correction, chastening, chastisement - a rebuke for making a mistake
--4 is a kind of rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
- 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
- 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: spankingDerived form: verb correct5 - 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 - correction, chastening, chastisement - a rebuke for making a mistake