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Correction

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

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Narrower term 10

Amendment 76% connected

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

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Compensation 76% connected

The act or principle of compensating.

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Emendation 76% connected

The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.

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Erasure 76% connected

The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

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Fusion 76% connected

The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals.

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Recompense 76% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

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Redress 76% connected

To dress again.

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Remedy 76% connected

That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…

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Retribution 76% connected

The act of retributing; repayment.

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Spanking 76% connected

of Spank

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Dip 76% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Editing 76% connected

of Edit

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Improvement 76% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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Punishment 76% connected

The act of punishing.

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Rebuke 76% connected

To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove;…

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Redaction 76% connected

The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.

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Reprehension 76% connected

Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

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Reprimand 76% connected

Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

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Reproof 76% connected

Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

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Therapy 76% connected

Therapeutics.

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Treatment 76% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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Correct 74% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Correct 74% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Correctional 74% connected

Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.

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Correctional 74% connected

Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.

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Disciplinary 74% connected

Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.

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Disciplinary 74% connected

Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.

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Chastening 92% connected

of Chasten

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Chastisement 92% connected

The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discipline 92% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rectification 92% connected

The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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