correction

noun

1. 1

   The act of correcting.

2. 2

   A substitution for an error or mistake.

3. 3

   Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.

   As the facts of the case were investigated, it became apparent that before us was the story of a man whom the entire machinery of law enforcement and correction had conspired against from the beginning to the end.

4. 4

   An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.

5. 5

   A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.

6. 6

   a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

   I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.

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