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to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from<students who never take the time to correct their own compositions before handing them in>Synonymsamend, debug, emend, rectify, reform, remedyRelated Wordsredraft, redraw, restyle, revise, rework, rewrite; redress, right; ameliorate, better, improve; perfect, polish, touch up; fix, mend, repair; adjust, modulate, regulate; alter, change, modifyNear Antonymsdamage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil; aggravate, worsen
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to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective<the young inventor tried to be even more serious to correct his partner's extreme enthusiasm>— see offset
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to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime<a teacher who liked to correct students by forcing them to write “I will not...” 100 times>— see punish
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