correction
correction Lexical Profile
correction Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action or process of making something right, or a change that rectifies an error or inaccuracy.
"The editor made several minor corrections to the manuscript before sending it to the printer."
The treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a system of penal incarceration, probation, and parole (usually used in the plural).
"After completing her degree in criminal justice, she began working for the state department of corrections."
A short-term decline of usually ten percent or more in the market price of a stock, bond, or index after a period of rising prices, adjusting for overvaluation.
"Financial analysts viewed the sudden drop in tech stocks as a healthy market correction rather than the start of a recession."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French correction, from Latin correctionem, a noun of action from corrigere ('to put straight, amend'), formed from com- ('together, thoroughly') and regere ('to rule, guide, or make straight').