correction
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
Types & categories
- improvement hypernym
- remedy hyponym
- retribution hyponym
- recompense hyponym
- amendment hyponym
- emendation hyponym
Related & opposite
- correct derivation
- remedy derivation
- reform derivation
- correctional derivation
Sense 2 noun
a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
Types & categories
- indefinite quantity hypernym
Sense 3 noun
something substituted for an error
Types & categories
Sense 4 noun
a rebuke for making a mistake
Types & categories
- rebuke hypernym
Related & opposite
- chasten derivation
Sense 5 noun
a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
market runups are invariably followed by a correction
Types & categories
- free fall hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the act of punishing
the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received
Types & categories
- punishment hypernym
- spanking hyponym
Related & opposite
- discipline derivation
- correctional derivation
- disciplinary derivation
Sense 7 noun
treatment of a specific defect
the correction of his vision with eye glasses
Types & categories
- therapy hypernym
- spinal fusion hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | correct |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | remedy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reform |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | correctional |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | improvement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remedy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retribution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recompense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amendment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emendation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | indefinite quantity |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | redaction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | erasure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chasten |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rebuke |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | free fall |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | discipline |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | correctional |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | disciplinary |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | punishment |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | spanking |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | therapy |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | spinal fusion |