corrections
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
Types & categories
- local department hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
Types & categories
- social control hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | local department |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social control |