1. (

• correct ,
• rectify ,
• right

) make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" ;

2. (

• right ,
• compensate ,
• redress ,
• correct ,

) make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" ;

3. (

• chastise ,
• castigate ,
• objurgate ,
• chasten ,
• correct

) censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" ;

4. (

• compensate ,
• counterbalance ,
• correct ,
• make_up ,
• even_out ,
• even_off ,
• even_up

) adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" ;

5. (

• discipline ,
• correct ,
• sort_out

) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" ;

6. (

• decline ,
• slump ,
• correct ,

) go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" ;

7. (

• adjust ,
• set ,
• correct ,

) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" ;

8. (

• correct ,

) treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" ;

1. (

• corrected

) having something undesirable neutralized; "with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20" ;