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Corrections

noun

1.

The department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders. Synonym: department of corrections.

2.

The social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole.

Correction

noun

1.

The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right. Synonym: rectification.

2.

A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure. Synonym: fudge factor.

3.

Something substituted for an error.

4.

A rebuke for making a mistake. Synonyms: chastening, chastisement.

5.

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

6.

The act of punishing. Synonym: discipline.

7.

Treatment of a specific defect.

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— The Survey of Cornwall • Richard Carew

... It must not be supposed that I gained the information, if it be worthy to be classed as such, on a first visit to Hong Kong. This part of my "journal," including the previous chapter, has received the corrections and additions of nearly four ...

— In Eastern Seas - The Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 • J. J. Smith

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— The Automobile Storage Battery - Its Care And Repair • O. A. Witte

... The variable grammar and punctuation in this file make it difficult to decide which errors are archaic usage and which the printer's fault. I have made corrections only of what appeared obvious printer's errors. This eBook is taken from the ...

— Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa - 1883 • George W. Peck

... to the Publishers' request for a re-issue of the "History of Modern Europe," in the form of a popular edition, I feel that I am only fulfilling what would have been the wish of the Author himself. A few manuscript corrections and additions found in his own copy of the work have been adopted in the present edition; in general, however, my attention in revising each sheet for the press has been devoted to securing an accurate ...

— History of Modern Europe 1792-1878 • C. A. Fyffe

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