correction
noun
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the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistakerectification
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treatment of a specific defect“The correction of vision with eye glasses improves many lives.”
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the act of punishingpunishmentpenaltypenalizationpenalisationdiscipline
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a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases“market runups are invariably followed by a correction”
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something substituted for an error
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a rebuke for making a mistakechastisementchastening
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a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measurefudge factor