correction.
The act of correcting.
Meaning & usage
The act of correcting.
A substitution for an error or mistake.
Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.
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