| 释义 |
Noun: corrections ku'rekshunz- 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 corrections - The social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
Noun: correction ku'reksh(u)n- The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- rectification - A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- fudge factor - Something substituted for an error
- A rebuke for making a mistake
- chastening, chastisement - A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
"market runups are invariably followed by a correction" - The act of punishing
- discipline - Treatment of a specific defect
"the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
See also: correct, correctional Type of: department of local government, dip, drop, editing, fall, free fall, improvement, indefinite quantity, local department, penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, punishment, rebuke, redaction, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, social control, therapy Encyclopedia: Correction Correction, Fraternal Corrections |