correction
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correction
- /kəˈɹɛkʃən/
Rhymes with -ɛkʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
noun corrections · correxion
- The act of correcting.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
- Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. As the facts of the case were investigated, it became apparent that before us was the story of a man whom the entire machinery of law enforcement and correction had conspired against from the beginning to the end.
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
- a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.
