1. The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
   "The teacher's correction of the essay helped the student understand his errors";
   - rectification
    
2. Something substituted for an error
   "The editor made several corrections to the manuscript before publication"
    
3. A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
   "The researchers applied a correction to account for measurement errors";
   - fudge factor
    
4. A rebuke for making a mistake
   "The teacher's correction made the student more careful in future assignments";
   - chastening, chastisement
    
5. The act of disciplining
   "The teacher's correction was firm but fair";
   - discipline
    
6. Treatment of a specific defect
   "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
    
7. A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
   "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"

Derived forms: corrections

Type of: dip, drop, editing, fall, free fall, improvement, indefinite quantity, penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, punishment, rebuke, redaction, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, sanction, therapy, treatment

Encyclopedia: Correction, Fraternal