1. The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
   - rectification 
2. A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
   - fudge factor 
3. Something substituted for an error 
4. A rebuke for making a mistake
   - chastening, chastisement 
5. A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
   "market runups are invariably followed by a correction" 
6. The act of punishing
   - discipline 
7. Treatment of a specific defect
   "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"

Derived forms: corrections

See also: correct, correctional

Type of: dip, drop, editing, fall, free fall, improvement, indefinite quantity, penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, punishment, rebuke, redaction, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, therapy

Encyclopedia: Correction Correction, Fraternal

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