correction

Meaning

Noun

• The act of correcting.
• A substitution for an error or mistake.
• Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
• An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
• A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
• a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

Related

Narrower meaning words

• hypercorrection
• self-correction

Origin

• From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. correctio.