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Meaning of correction

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  correction
      n 1: the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake;
           setting right [syn: {correction}, {rectification}]
      2: a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase
         the accuracy of a scientific measure [syn: {correction},
         {fudge factor}]
      3: something substituted for an error
      4: a rebuke for making a mistake [syn: {correction},
         {chastening}, {chastisement}]
      5: a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a
         period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed
         by a correction"
      6: the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh
         discipline they received" [syn: {discipline}, {correction}]
      7: treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision
         with eye glasses"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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