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rectification

noun as in refinement

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A 'profound revolution'The scope and velocity of the society-wide rectification has some worried China may be at the beginning of the kind of cultural and ideological upheaval that has brought the country to a standstill before.

U.S.-China relations could certainly stand a little Confucian “rectification.”

The error has been acknowledged, and its rectification is in the works.

The great Chinese philosopher Confucius put forward a timeless and important doctrine: The rectification of names.

And what is wanting in such is principally the rectification of their views: their endeavours are harmonious and consistent.

Hence the large expenses attending rectification, which produce fine alcohols necessarily at an elevated price.

With the cost of a single distillation we have, at once, distillation and rectification, or a single expense for two results.

The history of the drainage of the fens and the rectification of its river courses is a long and complicated one.

During stage L an apparent rectification of the cranial flexure commences, and is completed by stage Q.

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On this page you'll find 272 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rectification, such as: amends, atonement, compensation, eye for an eye, indemnification, and indemnity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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