Correction Definition

kə-rĕkshən
corrections
noun
corrections
A correcting or being corrected.
Webster's New World
A change that corrects a mistake; change from wrong to right, or from abnormal to normal; emendation; rectification.
Webster's New World
Something offered or substituted for a mistake or fault.
Made corrections in the report.
American Heritage
Punishment intended to rehabilitate or improve.
American Heritage
Punishment or scolding to correct faults.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Correction

Noun

Singular:
correction
Plural:
corrections

Origin of Correction

  • From Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō.

    From Wiktionary

Correction Sentence Examples

  • This is a correction of Chrismann.

  • He made no correction for temperature or humidity.

  • More than likely the correction was to prevent her from being embarrassed.

  • A correction for level of tide was in many cases necessary, and was artmer Mountai Siege artillery sights.

  • A remarkable help to the cure of headaches and wider nervous disorders has come out of the better appreciation and correction of errors of refraction in the eye.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOR

Words Ending With

NONION

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correction

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

Word Length

10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With C10 Letter Words Ending With N