corrections

NOUN

adjustment; fixing

Synonyms

STRONG

alteration amelioration amendment editing emendation improvement indemnification mending modification rectification redress reexamination repair reparation revisal revising

WEAK

amending changing remodeling rereading righting

Antonyms

STRONG

damage harm hurt injury worsening

WEAK

allowance blunder coddling goof indulgence mistake permissiveness petting spoiling

NOUN

discipline

Synonyms

STRONG

admonition castigation chastisement punishment reformation reproof rod

WEAK

punition

Antonyms

WEAK

allowance blunder coddling goof indulgence mistake permissiveness petting spoiling

Example Sentences

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Corrections & Amplifications The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both gained 0.2% on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Midway through filming the documentary, the Oregon Department of Corrections announced it planned to nix funding for the FPP.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Corrections & Amplifications: Toby Neugebauer is no longer on the Fermi board of directors.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

That had happened years earlier when she first started at the Department of Corrections and was working the graveyard shift in Ogden.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel