单词	correctional
释义	correction noun cor·​rec·​tion kə-ˈrek-shən  1 : the action or an instance of correcting: such as a : amendment, rectification b : rebuke, punishment c : a bringing into conformity with a standard d : neutralization, counteraction correction of acidity 2 : a decline in market price or business activity following and counteracting a rise 3 a : something substituted in place of what is wrong marking corrections on the students' papers b : a quantity applied by way of correcting (as for adjustment of an instrument) 4 : the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, and probation also : the administration of such treatment as a matter of public policy —usually used in plural correctional kə-ˈrek-shnəl  -shə-nᵊl adjective Synonyms amendment emendation See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The teacher marked corrections on his students' tests. Please make corrections before handing in your compositions. the correction of your mistakes people in need of vision correction Recent Examples on the Web Simply put: The U.S. home price correction is sharper—and more widespread—than previously thought. Lance Lambert, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2022 In addition to winning various settlements, Krayeske filed a class-action lawsuit that prompted the state correction department to test and treat all prisoners for hepatitis C. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2022 Featured were the city’s police and fire departments as well as Port Authority Police and departments of sanitation and correction. Chron, 11 Sep. 2022 Defensively, the correction is as simple as tackling better and locating the playmakers on the other side. Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2022 In a separate event, an unidentified student was booked into the Maricopa County juvenile correction center on Wednesday morning in connection with an incident at Horizon High School, Sgt. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 The tweet was swiftly deleted and then replaced with a correction. Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 But the bank said any hit to profits is unlikely to be steep in the near term, given the sharp correction in crude and commodity prices. Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Name changes have led some journals to issue correction notices in the past, an outcome that can lead peers to question whether the author engaged in bad science. WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing correction correction fluid house of correction correction fluid house of correction Kids Definition correction noun cor·​rec·​tion kə-ˈrek-shən  1 : the act of making something agree with what is right or standard correction of vision 2 : a change that makes something right I read the teacher's corrections on my paper. 3 : punishment sense 1 Medical Definition correction noun cor·​rec·​tion kə-ˈrek-shən  : the action or an instance of correcting or neutralizing a harmful or undesirable condition correction of acidity correction of visual defects with glasses Legal Definition correction noun cor·​rec·​tion 1 : a decline in market price or business activity following and counteracting a rise 2 : the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, and probation —often used in pl. correctional adjective as in punitive inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment threatened to take correctional measures if the household chores were not done the state's largest correctional institution Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance punitive penal disciplinary correcting corrective disciplining penalizing chastening chastising castigating retributive retaliatory revengeful vengeful retaliative wrathful retributory Antonyms & Near Antonyms compensatory nonpunitive exculpatory vindicating exculpating pardoning exonerating remitting commuting condoning absolving acquitting reprieving See More
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