CORRECTION Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

correction

noun

kə-ˈrek-shən

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as in amendment

a change designed to correct or improve a written work the copy editor's corrections were marked in red

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as in punishment

suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense received a severe correction after the third offense

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Recent Examples of correction Strip out the human infrastructure in pursuit of efficiency, and there is no mechanism left for course correction when the models get it wrong. —

Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 June 2026 Fairlead Strategies undertakes no obligation to maintain or update this material based on subsequent information and events or to provide you with any additional or supplemental information or any update to or correction of the information contained herein. —

Katie Stockton, CNBC, 8 June 2026 Because of our natural negativity bias, in which the brain tends to notice threats or problems more quickly than positive events, parents benefit from cultivating self-awareness and engaging in deliberate practice to ensure positive interactions are not overshadowed by moments of correction. —

Sherri Gordon, Parents, 8 June 2026 Blackshear's husband and Jayla's father Jalonni Blackshear, a former corrections officer, was sentenced to 150 years last week for their murders, the State of Alaska Department of Law said in a statement. —

Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for correction

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The first amendment, proposed by Kelly Gonez, and approved unanimously, put back in $50 million — reducing next year’s cut in half, to $50 million.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Since that occurred, stadium management has met with the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and other Town leaders to learn the reasons for the modifications and to work towards an amendment to the stadium lease that would build upon our decades-long partnership.

— Chad Graff, New York Times, 17 June 2026