Results for "correction
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correction
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "correction", "results": [{"typeOf": ["penalization", "penalty", "penalisation", "punishment"], "hasTypes": ["spanking"], "synonyms": ["discipline"], "definition": "the act of disciplining", "derivation": ["correct", "correctional"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["improvement"], "hasTypes": ["amendment", "compensation", "emendation", "recompense", "redress", "remediation", "remedy", "retribution"], "synonyms": ["rectification"], "definition": "the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right", "derivation": ["correct", "correctional"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["indefinite quantity"], "synonyms": ["fudge factor"], "definition": "a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["rebuke", "reprehension", "reprimand", "reproof", "reproval"], "synonyms": ["chastening", "chastisement"], "definition": "a rebuke for making a mistake", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["dip", "drop", "fall", "free fall"], "examples": ["market runups are invariably followed by a correction"], "definition": "a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["editing", "redaction"], "hasTypes": ["erasure"], "definition": "something substituted for an error", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["therapy"], "examples": ["the correction of his vision with eye glasses"], "hasTypes": ["fusion", "spinal fusion"], "definition": "treatment of a specific defect", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 3.34, "syllables": {"list": ["cor", "rec", "tion"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "kə'rɛkʃən"}}