▪ a change that rectifies an error or inaccuracy: "he made a few corrections to my homework"
▪ used to introduce an amended version of something one has just said: "I once dated a guy—correction—had one date with a guy"
▪ a quantity adjusting a numerical result to allow for a departure from standard conditions: "isotopic ratios are presented normalized to NBS SRM981 using a fractionation correction of 0.101% per a.m.u"
▪ punishment, especially that of criminals in prison intended to rectify their behaviour:"the incompatibility of justice and correction as penal objectives has long been the major unsolved problem of penal practice"Similarpunishmentreformreformationdisciplinechastisementcastigationadmonitionreproofreprimand
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin correctio(n-), from corrigere ‘make straight, bring into order’ (see correct).