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English to English noun
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the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right |  | source: wordnet30
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a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure | | source: wordnet30
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something substituted for an error | | source: wordnet30
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a rebuke for making a mistake | | source: wordnet30
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a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases | | Example: market runups are invariably followed by a correction
source: wordnet30
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the act of punishing | | Example: the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received
source: wordnet30
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treatment of a specific defect | | Example: the correction of his vision with eye glasses
source: wordnet30
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The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. | | source: webster1913
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