Correction

Etymology
From correctio:.

Noun

 * 1) The act of correcting.
 * 2) A substitution for an error or mistake.
 * 3) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
 * 4) An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
 * 5) A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.

Related terms

 * correction centre, correction center
 * correction fluid
 * hypercorrection

Adjectives
courteous; agreeable; autograph; strong; uranographical; adequate.

Verbs
accept—; acknowledge—; advise—; allow —; authorize—; counteract—; direct—; follow—; fumble for—; invite—; judge—; modify—; need—; offer—; perform—; print —; refuse—; rejoice in—; resent—; subject to—; substitute—; superintend—; —amends; —improves; —neutralizes; —revises.

Thesaurus
admonishment, admonition, amendment, amends, appraisal, appraisement, approximation, assessment, assize, assizement, calculation, castigation, chastening, chastisement, chiding, compensation, computation, condign punishment, corrigendum, deserts, determination, disciplinary measures, discipline, editing, emendation, estimate, estimation, evaluation, ferule, fixing, gauging, improvement, infliction, instrumentation, judgment, judicial punishment, lecture, lesson, making right, measure, measurement, measuring, mending, mensuration, metric system, nemesis, objurgation, overhaul, overhauling, pains, pains and punishments, pay, payment, penal retribution, penalty, penology, punishment, punition, quantification, quantization, rating, rebuke, recension, recompense, rectification, redaction, redress, remedy, repair, repairing, reparation, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, reproval, rescript, rescription, retribution, retributive justice, revampment, revisal, revise, revised edition, revision, rewrite, rewriting, rod, satisfaction, scolding, scourge, sermon, spanking, survey, surveying, telemetering, telemetry, triangulation, troubleshooting, upbraiding, valuation, well-deserved punishment, what-for

Translations

 * Arabic: تصحيح
 * Bulgarian: поправка, корекция
 * Crimean Tatar: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , Verbesserung
 * Hebrew: תיקון (tiqun)
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: (ていせい teisei),  (しゅうせい shūsei)
 * Luxembourgish: Korrektur, Verbesserung
 * Persian: تصحیح
 * Portuguese: correção
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tajik: тасҳеҳ


 * Bulgarian: корекция
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (ていせい teisei),  (しゅうせい shūsei)
 * Slovene: popravek
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian:
 * German: Besserungsmaßnahme
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: (きょうせい kyōsei)
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: корекция
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: корекция
 * German:


 * Swahili:

Noun

 * 1) correction