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cor·rect

(kə-rĕkt′)

v. cor·rect·ed, cor·rect·ing, cor·rects

v.tr.

a. To make or put right: correct a mistake; correct a misunderstanding.

b. To remove the errors or mistakes from: corrected her previous testimony.

c. To indicate or mark the errors in: correct an exam.

a. To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.

b. To scold or punish so as to improve or reform.

3. To remedy or counteract (a defect, for example): The new glasses corrected his blurry vision.

4. To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition: correct the wheel alignment on a car.

v.intr.

1. To make corrections.

2. To make adjustments; compensate: correcting for the effects of air resistance.

adj.

1. Free from error or fault; true or accurate.

2. Conforming to standards; proper: correct behavior.

[Middle English correcten, from Latin corrigere, corrēct- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

cor·rect′a·ble, cor·rect′i·ble adj.

cor·rect′ly adv.

cor·rect′ness n.

cor·rec′tor n.

Synonyms: correct, rectify, remedy, redress, revise, amend
These verbs mean to make right what is wrong. Correct refers to eliminating faults, errors, or defects: I corrected the spelling mistakes. The new design corrected the flaws in the earlier version.
Rectify stresses the idea of bringing something into conformity with a standard of what is right: "It is dishonest to claim that we can rectify racial injustice without immediate cost" (Mari J. Matsuda).
Remedy involves removing or counteracting something considered a cause of harm, damage, or discontent: He took courses to remedy his abysmal ignorance.
Redress refers to setting right something considered immoral or unethical and usually involves some kind of recompense: "They said he had done very little to redress the abuses that the army had committed against the civilian population" (Daniel Wilkinson).
Revise suggests change that results from careful reconsideration: The agency revised its safety recommendations in view of the new findings.
Amend implies improvement through alteration or correction: "Whenever [the people] shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it" (Abraham Lincoln).

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Adj.	1.	correctable - capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent; "a correctable image" reversible - capable of reversing or being reversed; "reversible hypertension"
	2.	correctable - capable of being corrected by additions; "an amendable flaw" amendable corrigible - capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner"

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