something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.

the act of correcting.

punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof.

Usually, corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders.

a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem

A five degree correction will put the ship on course.

a reversal of the trend of stock prices, esp. temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in the previous trading sessions.

noun

blunder , goof , mistake , allowance , coddling , indulgence , permissiveness , petting , spoiling

noun

alteration , amelioration , amending , amendment , changing , editing , emendation , improvement , indemnification , mending , modification , rectification , redress , reexamination , remodeling , repair , reparation , rereading , revisal , revising , righting , admonition , castigation , chastisement , punishment , punition , reformation , reproof , rod , discipline , penalty , adjustment , counteraction