| AUTOCORRECTING | • autocorrecting v. Present participle of autocorrect. |
| CORRECTIBLE | • correctible adj. Alternative form of correctable. • CORRECTIBLE adj. that can be corrected, also CORRECTABLE. |
| CORRECTING | • correcting v. Present participle of correct. • CORRECT v. to make right. |
| CORRECTION | • correction n. The act of correcting. • correction n. A substitution for an error or mistake. • correction n. (Chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. |
| CORRECTIONAL | • correctional adj. Of, pertaining to, or intended for correction. • correctional adj. (Chiefly US) Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals. • CORRECTIONAL adj. relating to correction. |
| CORRECTIONER | • correctioner n. (Obsolete) One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. • CORRECTIONER n. (Shakespeare) a person who administers correction. |
| CORRECTIONERS | • correctioners n. Plural of correctioner. • CORRECTIONER n. (Shakespeare) a person who administers correction. |
| CORRECTIONS | • corrections n. Plural of correction. • corrections n. (US, Canada, law) Relating to the punishment, treatment, or supervision of persons who have been convicted of a crime. • CORRECTION n. the act of correcting. |
| CORRECTITUDE | • correctitude n. The quality of being correct. • CORRECTITUDE n. correctness or propriety of conduct. |
| CORRECTITUDES | • correctitudes n. Plural of correctitude. • CORRECTITUDE n. correctness or propriety of conduct. |
| CORRECTIVE | • corrective adj. Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct. • corrective adj. (Obsolete) Qualifying; limiting. • corrective n. Something that corrects or counteracts something. |
| CORRECTIVELY | • correctively adv. In a corrective manner; so as to correct something. • CORRECTIVE adv. serving to correct. |
| CORRECTIVES | • correctives n. Plural of corrective. • CORRECTIVE n. something that serves to correct. |
| HYPERCORRECTION | • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule. • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) A nonstandard form so used. • HYPERCORRECTION n. a grammatical, usage or pronunciation mistake made by 'correcting' something that's right to begin with. |
| MISCORRECTING | • miscorrecting v. Present participle of miscorrect. • MISCORRECT v. to fail or err in attempting to correct. |
| MISCORRECTION | • miscorrection n. An erroneous correction; a mistake in correcting a previous mistake. • MISCORRECTION n. a wrong correction. |
| MISCORRECTIONS | • miscorrections n. Plural of miscorrection. • MISCORRECTION n. a wrong correction. |
| OVERCORRECTING | • overcorrecting v. Present participle of overcorrect. • OVERCORRECT v. to correct to excess. |
| OVERCORRECTION | • overcorrection n. The correction of something to an excessive degree. • OVERCORRECTION n. excessive correction. |
| OVERCORRECTIONS | • overcorrections n. Plural of overcorrection. • OVERCORRECTION n. excessive correction. |