[cor.rec.tion] n (14c) 1: the action or an instance of correcting: as a: amendment, rectification b: rebuke, punishment c: a bringing into conformity with a standard d: neutralization, counteraction "~ of acidity"
2: a decline in market price or business activity following and counteracting a rise 3 a: something substituted in place of what is wrong "marking ~s on the students' papers" b: a quantity applied by way of correcting (as for adjustment of an instrument)
4: the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, and probation; also: the administration of such treatment as a matter of public policy--usu. used in pl. -- cor.rec.tion.al adj