Definition for Rectify:

• To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.

Synonyms for Rectify:

• n.

  •
  • manage.
  •
  • smooth over,
  • resolve.

• v.

  •atone (verb)
  • restitute,
  • make amends,
  • retaliate,
  • appease,
  • redeem.
  •change (verb)
  • refine.
  •correct (verb)
  • alter,
  • amend,
  • patch,
  • fix.
  •correct a situation; make something right (verb)
  • launder,
  • debug,
  • go over,
  • doctor,
  • redress,
  • square,
  • put right,
  • reform,
  • turn things around,
  • scrub,
  • fix up.
  •recompense (verb)
  • recompense,
  • compensate,
  • offset,
  • reimburse,
  • atone,
  • return,
  • refund,
  • remunerate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • smooth.
  •correct
  • set straight,
  • emend,
  • straighten out,
  • set right,
  • clean up,
  • make right,
  • put in order,
  • clean up act.
  •expiate
  • do penance.
  •improve
  • update,
  • recover.
  •Other relevant words:
  • manager,
  • edulcorate,
  • principle,
  • make uniform,
  • fall in with,
  • cultivate,
  • rejuvenate,
  • shape,
  • modification,
  • try,
  • definite,
  • tune,
  • recoup,
  • castigate,
  • assimilate to,
  • disentangle,
  • redo,
  • separate,
  • extend,
  • help,
  • see the light,
  • cause,
  • sift,
  • punctilious,
  • modify,
  • correctitude,
  • modest,
  • refresh,
  • orderly,
  • spiritualize,
  • dainty,
  • origin,
  • meet,
  • requite,
  • proportion,
  • adequate,
  • rewrite,
  • fettle,
  • sublimate,
  • Depurate,
  • colt,
  • explicit,
  • arrange,
  • accord,
  • natural,
  • adjustment,
  • measure,
  • indemnify,
  • mediate,
  • ligature,
  • conform,
  • modernize,
  • precise,
  • put straight,
  • revisal,
  • observe,
  • assimilate,
  • clarify,
  • method,
  • suitable,
  • comply with,
  • revamp,
  • Amender,
  • winnow,
  • homologize,
  • tame,
  • improve upon,
  • ceremonious,
  • clear,
  • objurgate,
  • energetic,
  • unwrap,
  • key to,
  • key,
  • regenerate,
  • refined,
  • nice,
  • synchronise,
  • relieve,
  • unbend,
  • revision,
  • revive,
  • person in charge,
  • suit,
  • screen,
  • make,
  • amenable,
  • percolate,
  • compose,
  • yield,
  • recruit,
  • set to rights,
  • unsnarl,
  • humble,
  • amendment,
  • sieve,
  • vivify,
  • polish,
  • filtrate,
  • reorganize,
  • right side,
  • main,
  • true,
  • perfect,
  • severe,
  • tally with,
  • redraft,
  • uncurl,
  • harmonise,
  • unravel,
  • doctrine,
  • make plumb,
  • ameliorate,
  • uplift,
  • pure,
  • mellow,
  • reanimate,
  • comply,
  • beautiful,
  • countervail,
  • heal,
  • respectful,
  • renew,
  • pay back,
  • flatten,
  • accommodate,
  • elute,
  • Redresser,
  • refurbish,
  • accommodation,
  • rework,
  • correction,
  • proper,
  • refashion,
  • defecate,
  • Homologate,
  • decent,
  • renovate,
  • make up,
  • rarify,
  • due,
  • true up,
  • formal,
  • set in order,
  • elegant,
  • fit,
  • strict,
  • untangle,
  • decorum,
  • tally,
  • reinstate,
  • valid,
  • alteration,
  • adjust to,
  • director,
  • equalise,
  • give satisfaction,
  • coordinate,
  • follow,
  • Redintegrate,
  • Lixiviate,
  • decorousness,
  • commander,
  • stiff,
  • set,
  • filter,
  • agree with,
  • adaptation,
  • rigorous,
  • cover,
  • work over,
  • chasten,
  • mouldy,
  • sync,
  • leach,
  • set up,
  • down,
  • complicate,
  • chastise,
  • essentialize,
  • reclaim,
  • animate,
  • bond,
  • pay,
  • upgrade,
  • distil,
  • remediate,
  • be guided by,
  • give and take,
  • enhance,
  • recondition,
  • sit up,
  • overhaul,
  • arbitrate,
  • reparation,
  • discipline,
  • remodel,
  • vigorous,
  • enrich,
  • unkink,
  • amends,
  • fill up,
  • re-create,
  • patch up,
  • Rectifying,
  • conductor,
  • meliorate,
  • attune,
  • red-pencil,
  • delicate,
  • fatten,
  • moulder,
  • restore,
  • mold,
  • demure,
  • regulation,
  • reinforce,
  • adapt,
  • revolutionize,
  • conventional,
  • cleanse,
  • rehabilitate,
  • rule,
  • Recense,
  • plenary,
  • unfold,
  • bend,
  • polite,
  • strain,
  • rebuild,
  • bolt,
  • tuning,
  • align,
  • decency,
  • principal,
  • tailor,
  • sublime,
  • repossess,
  • absolute,
  • put to rights,
  • synchronize,
  • emendate,
  • extract,
  • bad,
  • condition,
  • change,
  • exact,
  • correspond,
  • shapely,
  • raise high,
  • elaborate,
  • repay,
  • decorous,
  • cut to,
  • purify,
  • mould.

Paraphrases for Rectify:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    corrects.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    better, fix, redress, remedial, resolve, address, corrective, corrected.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    redress, remedy, corrective.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    redress, address, adjust.
  • Verb, base form
    staffing, regularize, repair, Addressing, remediate, refinish, improving, regularise, rehabilitate, revise, reverse, amend, Amending, straighten, fix, modify, redress, eliminate, re-establish, tackle, counteract, eradicate, reinstate, remove, compensate, reorganize, cure, fill, clarify, change, changes, undo, relieve, alter, troubleshoot, recover, mitigate, restructure, hone, resolve, mend, address, dispel, counter, readjust, revamp, reestablish, reconcile, settle, plug, rebuild, edit, rationalize, bridge, refine, consolidate, offset, revive, renovate, deal, formalize, adjust, respond.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rectification, redressing, Honing, Remedying.
  • Verb, base form
    overcome, alleviate, rectification, remedy, regulate.

Antonyms for Rectify:

• v.

  • correct a situation; make something right
    destroy, break, hurt, harm, worsen, injure, upset, corrupt, damage, ruin.
  • Other antonyms:
    depress, aggravate, impair, deteriorate, vitiate, mar, tarnish, blemish, debase, spoil.

Homophones for Rectify:

• resistive, Rachet Up, rejective, reactive, right of way, rock dove, restive, rigidify, rostov, roast beef, recitative.

Hyponym for Rectify:

• v.

  • change
    distill, commute, convert, make pure, change, sublimate, exchange, purify.
  • communication
    ascertain, determine, find out, find.