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corrections
cor·rec·tion C0659100 (kə-rĕk′shən)n.1. The act or process of correcting.2. Something offered or substituted for a mistake or fault: made corrections in the report.3. a. Punishment intended to rehabilitate or improve.b. often corrections The treatment of offenders through a system of penal incarceration, rehabilitation, parole, and probation, or the administrative system by which these are effectuated.4. An amount or quantity added or subtracted in order to correct.5. A temporary decline in stock-market activity or prices following a period of increases.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  corrections - the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders; "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"department of correctionsdepartment of local government, local department - a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government | | 2. | corrections - the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parolesocial control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
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Related to corrections: Corrections officer, dictionarySynonyms for correctionsnoun the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offendersSynonyms- department of corrections
Related Words- department of local government
- local department
noun the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and paroleRelated Words |