correction

UK: /kəˈrɛkʃ^ən/ US: /kəˈrɛkʃən/ ,(kə rek′shən)

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cor•rec•tion /kəˈrɛkʃən/   n. 

1. something done to take the place of something wrong or inaccurate:
   [countable] The corrections were in red ink.
2. the act of correcting:
   [uncountable] the correction of bad habits.
3. [uncountable] punishment or chastisement.
4. Sociology Usually, corrections. [plural] the various methods, such as jail sentences, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted criminals:
   [countable] the department of corrections.

cor•rec•tion•al, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cor•rec•tion  (kə rek′shən), n. 

1. something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate;
   emendation.
2. the act of correcting.
3. punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate;
   chastisement;
   reproof.
4. Sociology Usually, corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders.
5. a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem:
   A five degree correction will put the ship on course.
6. Stock Exchange, Business a reversal of the trend of stock prices, esp. temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions.

• Latin corrēctiōn- (stem of corrēctiō) a setting straight. See correct, -ion
• Anglo-French)
• Middle English correccio(u)n (1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

correction / kəˈrɛkʃən/ noun

1. the act or process of correcting
2. something offered or substituted for an error; an improvement
3. the act or process of punishing; reproof
4. a number or quantity added to or subtracted from a scientific or mathematical calculation or observation to increase its accuracy