Correction | Mean of correction in English Dictionary

/kəˈrɛkʃən/

• Noun
• a change that makes something right, true, accurate, etc.
1. They ran/published a correction in today's paper. [=there was a statement in the newspaper saying that something printed in an earlier newspaper was not accurate]
2. The teacher marked corrections on his students' tests.
3. Please make corrections before handing in your compositions.
• the act of making something (such as an error or a bad condition) accurate or better
1. the correction of your mistakes
2. people in need of vision correction
• the act or process of punishing and changing the behavior of people who have committed crimes
1. (old-fashioned) correction of criminals
2. The state's overall spending on corrections has increased rapidly in recent years.
3. the state Department of Corrections
4. a corrections officer [=an official in a jail or prison]