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correction definition

cor·rec·tion (kə rek′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a correcting or being corrected
  2. a change that corrects a mistake; change from wrong to right, or from abnormal to normal; emendation; rectification
  3. the amount of change made in correcting
    1. punishment or scolding to correct faults
    2. punishment and rehabilitation within a prison system
  5. Finance a brief, temporary reversal in the trend of prices in a financial market, esp. a short-term decline following, or in the midst of, a long-term rise in prices

Etymology: ME correccion < OFr correction < L correctio

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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