Definition for Correction:

• the act of punishing; " the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

Synonyms for Correction:

• n.

  •
  • mending,
  • reorganization,
  • Repairing,
  • emendation,
  • amendment,
  • changing,
  • fixing,
  • reparation,
  • amelioration,
  • remodeling,
  • revision,
  • reconstruction,
  • indemnification.
  •
  • change,
  • addition,
  • calculation,
  • arithmetic,
  • determination,
  • repair,
  • assessment,
  • computation,
  • costing.
  •
  • fix.
  •
  • lesson.
  •act (noun)
  • rectification.
  •adjustment; fixing (noun)
  • mending,
  • modification,
  • indemnification,
  • reparation,
  • redress,
  • editing,
  • alteration,
  • emendation,
  • remodeling,
  • amendment,
  • amelioration,
  • changing,
  • Righting,
  • Amending,
  • improvement,
  • repair,
  • reexamination,
  • rectification,
  • revisal,
  • rereading,
  • revising.
  •change (noun)
  • transubstantiation,
  • transfiguration,
  • alteration.
  •changes (noun)
  • move,
  • movement,
  • inversion,
  • revolution,
  • reform,
  • effect,
  • cataclysm,
  • evolution,
  • twist,
  • distortion,
  • convulsion,
  • drift,
  • tweak,
  • transformation,
  • fluctuation,
  • reversion,
  • reversal,
  • overhaul,
  • seesaw,
  • whirligig,
  • switch.
  •compensation (noun)
  • adjustment,
  • counteraction,
  • compensation,
  • offset.
  •condemnation (noun)
  • rebuke.
  •correction (noun)
  • chastisement,
  • discipline,
  • fudge factor,
  • rectification,
  • chastening.
  •discipline (noun)
  • punishment,
  • Punition,
  • chastisement,
  • castigation,
  • reproof,
  • rod,
  • reformation,
  • admonition.
  •improvement (noun)
  • emendation,
  • furtherance,
  • betterment,
  • elaboration,
  • enrichment,
  • Garnishment,
  • refinement,
  • embellishment,
  • progression,
  • improvement,
  • renovation,
  • gain,
  • advancement,
  • enhancement.
  •justice (noun)
  • penalty.
  •penalty (noun)
  • drawback,
  • discipline,
  • chastisement,
  • handicap,
  • burden,
  • deduction,
  • encumbrance,
  • premium,
  • judgment,
  • punishment,
  • penalty,
  • forfeiture,
  • fine,
  • abatement,
  • retribution,
  • discount.
  •punishment (noun)
  • execution,
  • crucifixion,
  • incarceration,
  • imprisonment,
  • verdict,
  • anguish,
  • sentence,
  • castigation,
  • persecution,
  • affliction,
  • price,
  • reprisal,
  • scourge,
  • revenge,
  • agony,
  • torture,
  • payment,
  • confinement,
  • distress.
  •qualification (noun)
  • modification.
  •remedy (noun)
  • pill,
  • tonic,
  • antidote,
  • corrective,
  • potion,
  • emetic,
  • medication,
  • germicide,
  • dose,
  • pharmaceutical,
  • cure,
  • prescription,
  • drug,
  • balm,
  • elixir,
  • medicine,
  • therapy,
  • ointment,
  • salve,
  • aid.
  •restitution (noun)
  • restitution,
  • offsetting,
  • rectification,
  • remedy,
  • Squaring,
  • atonement,
  • redress,
  • reimbursement,
  • amends,
  • settlement,
  • refund,
  • remuneration.

• v.

  •restoring (verb)
  • mending.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • assessment,
  • computation,
  • costing,
  • determination,
  • amendment.
  •
  • change,
  • arithmetic,
  • alteration.
  •
  • calculation,
  • addition.
  •
  • lesson.
  •revisal
  • revision.
  •Other relevant words:
  • lockup,
  • ameliorate,
  • dressing down,
  • reexamination,
  • correct,
  • subject area,
  • fix,
  • calculation,
  • reassessment,
  • stocks,
  • measure,
  • survey,
  • put right,
  • review,
  • revolution,
  • transfiguration,
  • mending,
  • transformation,
  • scolding,
  • appraisal,
  • pound,
  • HIT,
  • station house,
  • penal settlement,
  • chastening,
  • Overhauling,
  • error correction,
  • penitentiary,
  • reformation,
  • rating,
  • make right,
  • cowhide,
  • twist,
  • fluctuation,
  • house of detention,
  • Emendatory,
  • mensuration,
  • rendition,
  • jail,
  • making right,
  • correctional,
  • deserts,
  • mend,
  • cage,
  • bailiwick,
  • slap,
  • telemetering,
  • version,
  • recover,
  • accommodate,
  • reconcile,
  • restoration,
  • straighten,
  • addition,
  • estimate,
  • limbo,
  • station,
  • birch,
  • regulate,
  • fold,
  • inclosure,
  • inform,
  • remodeling,
  • equalization,
  • reinterpretation,
  • field,
  • assize,
  • reformatory,
  • instrumentation,
  • melioration,
  • adaptation,
  • dissuasion,
  • removal,
  • reappraisal,
  • tweak,
  • determination,
  • lesson,
  • control,
  • expostulation,
  • fixing,
  • surveying,
  • admonition,
  • rehabilitation,
  • Bilboes,
  • reproof,
  • edit,
  • revise,
  • scourge,
  • Righting,
  • choky,
  • reconstruction,
  • rebuke,
  • Calaboose,
  • recompense,
  • dressing,
  • reclaim,
  • adapt,
  • update,
  • reclamation,
  • reform,
  • change,
  • rewriting,
  • trimming,
  • updating,
  • alter,
  • tollbooth,
  • Re-examination,
  • amelioration,
  • modulate,
  • costing,
  • telemetry,
  • right,
  • fit,
  • rereading,
  • rebuff,
  • den,
  • redaction,
  • cataclysm,
  • subject field,
  • rewrite,
  • remonstrance,
  • study,
  • chastise,
  • reversion,
  • satisfaction,
  • transubstantiation,
  • inversion,
  • punitive,
  • second thoughts,
  • modify,
  • prison house,
  • cell,
  • ferule,
  • arena,
  • regulating,
  • Bridewell,
  • rectify,
  • pains,
  • pain,
  • guardroom,
  • reproach,
  • progress,
  • Increpation,
  • reprimand,
  • Jobation,
  • estimation,
  • quantization,
  • wigging,
  • reformative,
  • qualify,
  • come,
  • A,
  • set down,
  • blow up,
  • lecture,
  • repair,
  • Errata,
  • upbraiding,
  • reversal,
  • emendation,
  • nemesis,
  • alteration,
  • reorganisation,
  • domesticate,
  • damage control,
  • spanking,
  • tuning,
  • rescript,
  • cane,
  • Repairing,
  • scowl,
  • Gauging,
  • calibration,
  • retouch,
  • sermon,
  • punish,
  • Quod,
  • infliction,
  • Rescription,
  • regulation,
  • subject,
  • stronghold,
  • calibrating,
  • chasten,
  • fudge factor,
  • reprehension,
  • measurement,
  • clearing,
  • gaol,
  • penal colony,
  • PROOF READING,
  • black look,
  • valuation,
  • beating,
  • approximation,
  • distortion,
  • Assizement,
  • troubleshooting,
  • Recension,
  • drift,
  • lash,
  • objurgation,
  • move,
  • Correcting,
  • correctness,
  • reworking,
  • setting right,
  • penology,
  • amend,
  • metric system,
  • purification,
  • dungeon,
  • punitive measures,
  • castigate,
  • Punition,
  • admonishment,
  • justice,
  • editing,
  • fortress,
  • altering,
  • overhaul,
  • black hole,
  • compose,
  • chiding,
  • effect,
  • revising,
  • frown,
  • retaliation,
  • lambaste,
  • hulks,
  • Appraisement,
  • computation,
  • Thana,
  • perestroika,
  • amendment,
  • reparation,
  • retributive justice,
  • corrigendum,
  • triangulation,
  • improve,
  • donjon,
  • revamping,
  • hold,
  • pay,
  • convulsion,
  • reorganization,
  • oxidation,
  • Chastising,
  • Panopticon,
  • oubliette,
  • edition,
  • evolution,
  • rod,
  • evaluation,
  • branch of knowledge,
  • align,
  • Adjusting,
  • revision,
  • switch,
  • quantification,
  • field of study,
  • measuring,
  • adjust,
  • watch house,
  • revampment,
  • modification,
  • workhouse,
  • coop,
  • retrieve,
  • Disciplining,
  • prison,
  • arithmetic,
  • remedial,
  • seesaw,
  • Revisional,
  • disabuse,
  • setting,
  • Amending,
  • changing,
  • order,
  • bastille,
  • reprobation,
  • keep,
  • recovery,
  • reproval,
  • curtain lecture,
  • Revisionary,
  • indemnification,
  • whirligig,
  • revisal,
  • assessment,
  • Castigating,
  • pen,
  • movement.

Antonyms for Correction:

• n.

  • adjustment; fixing
    harm, injury, blunder, damage, indulgence, Coddling, spoiling, goof, petting, permissiveness, worsening, mistake, allowance, hurt.
  • Other antonyms:
    exoneration, forgiveness, exemption, pardon, impunity, condonation, absolution, disregard, reprieve, amnesty, acquittal, commutation, remitment, remission, exculpation, overlooking, indemnity, immunity, parole, vindication, release.

Homophones for Correction:

• circadian, cerastium, crack down, cherrystone, Christian Name, cross-section, crichton, Christ Within, crested myna, cross-question, corrugation, coricidin, coarctation, coruscation, crackdown, cross question, cross-town, cherry stone, cross section, cercidium, christen, christian, christiania, crosstown.

Hypernym for Correction:

• n.

  • act
    spinal fusion, recompense, remediation, retribution, redress, compensation, emendation, remedy, amendment, fusion.
  • communication
    erasure.

Hyponym for Correction:

• n.

  • act
    therapy, improvement.
  • attribute
    dip, fall, drop, free fall.
  • communication
    redaction, editing.