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correct v. [
rectify, right] make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
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correct a. [
right] free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
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correct v. [
right, compensate, redress] make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
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correct v. [
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten] censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
. wn #5
correct v. [
compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up] adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
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