Noun
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treatment of a specific defect
"the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
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the act of punishing
"the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
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a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
"market runups are invariably followed by a correction"
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a rebuke for making a mistake
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something substituted for an error
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a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- fudge factor -
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake
setting right