RECTIFICATION Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

rectification

noun

as in correction

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Recent Examples of rectification Sam's Club has established a rectification task force to overhaul supply-chain inspections and replaced its chairman with Liu Peng, a former executive at Alibaba. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 22 June 2026 Their defensive shortcomings require immediate rectification. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026 The oscilloscope shows an AC voltage of 80 V at mid-swing, but after rectification, it is reduced to 30 V DC. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026 Fedorov also believed that this goal of rectification — of achieving immortality — would unite social groups whose mutual fear of death had historically pitted them in opposition to each other. — Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025 Incident response times for physical rectification is pegged to drop by 40%. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025 The invention of the SCR led to improvements in the control of the rectification, or conversion, of line voltage from AC to DC and became the basis of modern speed control in both AC and DC motors. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 July 2019

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Noun

Despite the anxiety among investors that the bull market has to end, and all the headwinds that can be pointed to that may cause a correction if not a bear market, 10 out of 11 sectors in the S&P 500 just beat earnings estimates.

— Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Dinh remained in Monroe County’s main jail on Stock Island on Friday morning, according to corrections records.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of correction

Noun

While the reform and opening-up era brought some efforts to distinguish the roles of the party and the state, Xi has extended the party’s supremacy across all areas of society.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Alongside him is Bartos, a Pennsylvania businessman nominated as deputy ambassador for management and reform.

— Bethany Mandel, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of reform

Noun

The amendments will not go through the standard committee review and there will be no public record of who demanded the changes, or why.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
The California Legislature is considering an amendment to CIPA that would prohibit the use of wearable recording devices, like smart glasses, inside a place of business.

— Ashlee Difuntorum, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of amendment

Noun

Counter walked IndieWire through a maze of electrical and ventilation equipment that has accumulated additions and modifications over the decades — all of it above a massive pitch-black attic.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
Instead, focus on physical barriers and habitat modification.

— Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of modification

Noun

The team is also confirming any alterations that may have been made to the painting over the last 250 years.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
But California carries such power and influence that a bad result in Meta's home state could lead to much steeper penalties, including a broader overhaul that forces fundamental alterations to key algorithms.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of alteration

Noun

That’s made the industry one of the most visible examples of how China’s breakneck AI transformation is impacting people’s livelihoods — wiping out jobs and creating new ones, leaving everyone unsure what’s next.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
For most organizations, the transformation has already begun.

— Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of transformation

Noun

The issue may not be intentional distortion, but differences in how data is captured, processed and reported.

— Claudio Laterreur, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
While commercially well received, it was criticized for its lack of attention to detail and distortion of historical facts.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

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