definition of
[correct]

[1] #1 correct v. [rectify, right] make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation". wn

[2] #2 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". wn

[3] #3 correct v. [right, compensate, redress] make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust". wn

[4] #4 correct v. [chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten] censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks". wn

[5] #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". wn