correct

correct (kə-rĕktʹ) verb

corrected, correcting, corrects

[Middle English correcten, from Latin corrigere, corrēct-, to correct : com-, intensive pref.. See com- + regere, to rule.]

correctʹable or correctʹible adjective

correctʹly adverb

correctʹness noun

correcʹtor noun

Synonyms: correct, rectify, remedy, redress, reform, revise, amend. These verbs mean to make right what is wrong. Correct refers to eliminating faults, errors, or defects: correct spelling mistakes; correct a misapprehension. Rectify stresses the idea of bringing something into conformity with a standard of what is right: The omission of your name from the list will be rectified. I hope I can find a way to rectify your opinion of my behavior. Remedy involves removing or counteracting something considered a cause of harm or damage: Nothing has been done to remedy the lack. He took courses to remedy his abysmal ignorance. Redress refers to setting right something considered immoral or unethical and usually involves making reparation: The wrong is too great to be redressed. Reform implies broad change that alters form or character for the better: "Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons" (John Ruskin). "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits" (Mark Twain). Revise suggests change that results from reconsideration: revise a manuscript; revising the tax laws; revise our judgment of the situation. Amend implies improvement through alteration or correction: "Whenever[the people]shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it" (Abraham Lincoln). See also synonyms at punish.