correction

• correxion (obsolete)

From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɛkʃən/

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• Hyphenation: cor‧rec‧tion
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)

1. The act of correcting.
2. A substitution for an error or mistake.
3. (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
   • 1973 December 29, David A. DeNeef, “The Incident At Bridgewater”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 2:

     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. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
6. 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.

   Coordinate terms: bear market (drop of 20% or more); crab market (staying roughly the same)

7. (procedure word, military) 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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Borrowed from Latin corrēctiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/

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correction f (plural corrections)

1. correction (all senses)
2. propriety (quality of being proper or correct)

• maison de correction

• correct
• correcteur
• correctif
• corriger

• “correction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.