correction
//kəˈɹɛkʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- corrections
Definitions
1.The act of correcting.
2.A substitution for an error or mistake.
3.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.
4.An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4380
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō.
Doublet of correctio.