corrections Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
   department of corrections.
   
   • for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
2. noun the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
   
3. noun the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
   correction; rectification.
   
4. noun a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
   fudge factor; correction.
   
5. noun something substituted for an error
   correction.
   
6. noun a rebuke for making a mistake
   chastisement; correction; chastening.
   
7. noun a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
   correction.
   
   • market runups are invariably followed by a correction
8. noun the act of punishing
   discipline; correction.
   
   • the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received
9. noun treatment of a specific defect
   correction.
   
   • the correction of his vision with eye glasses

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