† incorrectionn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. The action of making incorrect.
ΚΠ
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scorrettione, an incorrection or marring of any thing.
2. The condition of being uncorrected.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > absence of correction
incorrection1649
uncorrectedness1671
1649 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (1661) 9 (T.) The unbridled swing or incorrection of ill nature maketh one odious.
3. Incorrectness, faultiness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun]
solecism1583
absonism1592
acyrology1609
peccancy?1611
incorrectness1672
incorrection1788
barbarizing1861
solecizing1895
abusage1942
ill-formedness1972
1788 H. Walpole Lett., Poetic Epochs When, after acts of barbarism and incorrection, a master or two produce models [of poetry] formed by purity and taste.
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