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Correction

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disciplinenounA controlled behaviour; self-control.
chastisementnounThe act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
rectificationnounThe action or process of rectifying.
fudge factornoun(idiomatic, engineering) A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty.
chasteningnounThe act by which somebody is chastened.
correctingnounThe making of a correction.

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rectificationnounThe action or process of rectifying.
disciplinenounA controlled behaviour; self-control.
chastisementnounThe act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
chasteningnounThe act by which somebody is chastened.
fudge factornoun(idiomatic, engineering) A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty.
correctingnounThe making of a correction.
rectifiernounA device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode.
correctivenounOf or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.
remediationnounThe act or process of remedying a situation.
amendmentnoun(especially US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
remedynounA medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
redressnounA setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
reformnounThe change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
repairnounThe act of repairing something.
revisernounOne who revises.
rectifyverb(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
remedialnoun(education) A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.
fixingnoun(UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
rehabilitationnounThe process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
corrigendumnounAn error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.

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