Synonyms for correction
kəˈrɛk ʃəncor·rec·tion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. correction

   Synonyms:
   amendment, discipline, emendation, chastisement, punishment

   Antonyms:
   deterioration, debasement, retrogradation, reward, recompense

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. correction, rectificationnoun

   the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

   Synonyms:
   fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectification

2. correction, fudge factornoun

   a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

   Synonyms:
   fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectification

3. correctionnoun

   something substituted for an error

   Synonyms:
   fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectification

4. correction, chastening, chastisementnoun

   a rebuke for making a mistake

   Synonyms:
   fudge factor, discipline, castigation, chastisement, chastening, rectification

5. correctionnoun

   a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases

   "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"

   Synonyms:
   fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectification

6. discipline, correctionnoun

   the act of punishing

   "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

   Synonyms:
   subject area, chastening, subject field, bailiwick, study, field, fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, subject, rectification, field of study

7. correctionnoun

   treatment of a specific defect

   "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"

   Synonyms:
   fudge factor, discipline, chastisement, chastening, rectification

Matched Categories

1. • Drop
   • Editing
   • Improvement
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Rebuke
   • Therapy

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. correctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   amendment, improvement, redress

2. correctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   chastisement, punishment, discipline, castigation

3. correctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   change (in quality, by something opposite), modification

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. correctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   rectification, amendment, emendation, discipline, punishment, counteraction

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "correction":

   corrigendum, corrections, rectification, corrigenda, correcting, rectifications, correctional, marking, fixes, correctness, scoring, corrected, adjustment, patches, corrective, proofing, correct, fix, rating, remediation, answer, propriety

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. correction

   Synonyms:
   Making right, righting

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1. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

   The timing of a correction in the U.S. chip sector will likely determine the performances of Japanese technology shares.

2. Samrat Dasgupta:

   The stock (Reliance Industries) had run up quite a bit and this correction was warranted for sometime.

3. Ray Dalio:

   There was an inappropriate, mistaken desire to tighten monetary policy at a level that was faster than the capital markets could handle, and as a result there was a correction.

4. Huang Wei:

   Investors who missed last year's bull run are taking advantage of the correction to get onto the ride, the virus doesn't change long-term fundamentals of China's market, just as the Pearl Harbor incident didn't change U.S. economic strength.

5. Puneet Gupta:

   There has been a correction and new ideas have been implemented.