correction
/kəˈrɛkʃən/
noun
- A change that fixes an error or makes something right.
- Please make a correction to the date on the invitation.
- The editor sent a list of corrections for the article.
- His teacher wrote a correction in the margin of his homework.
- The act or process of punishing or disciplining someone to improve their behavior.
- Corporal correction is banned in many schools today.
- The child received a gentle correction for talking during class.
- The prison system focuses on correction and rehabilitation.
- A drop in the price of a stock or market after a period of increase, usually by 10% or more.
- The correction wiped out most of the year's gains.
- After a long rally, a market correction brought prices back down.
- Investors worried that the stock market was due for a correction.
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