/ kəˈrekʃn; NAmE / noun , exclamation
■ noun
1.
[ C ] a change that makes sth more accurate than it was before :
I've made a few small corrections to your report.
The paper had to publish a correction to the story.
2.
[ U ] the act or process of correcting sth :
There are some programming errors that need correction.
3.
[ U ] ( old-fashioned ) punishment :
the correction of young offenders
■ exclamation
( informal ) used when you want to correct sth that you have just said :
I don't know. Correction—I do know, but I'm not going to tell you.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : via Old French from Latin correctio(n-) , from corrigere make straight, bring into order, from cor- together + regere guide.