correction

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: correction

1	n	the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
2	n	the act of punishing
3	n	a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: correction

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; redress, remediation, remedy
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil; retribution
the act of correcting for your wrongdoing; compensation, recompense
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury; amendment
the act of amending or correcting; emendation
a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing; salve
anything that remedies or heals or soothes; indemnification
an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

Type of:: editing, redaction
putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

“the correction of his vision with eye glasses”

Types:: fusion, spinal fusion
correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization

Type of:: therapy
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)

Type of:: penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment
the act of punishing

Type of:: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
an act or expression of criticism and censure

“market runups are invariably followed by a correction”

Type of:: dip, drop, fall, free fall
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

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