Word
Correction
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
cor-rec-tion
Definition
- n. - The act of correcting, or making that right which was
wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an
erroneous statement.
- n. - The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is
intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline;
chastisement.
- n. - That which is substituted in the place of what is
wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be
set in the margin.
- n. - Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of
what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of
acidity in the stomach.
- n. - An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as,
chronometer correction; compass correction.
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