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Rectification

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

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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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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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Conversion 76% connected

The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

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Determination 76% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

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Finding 76% connected

of Find

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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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Purification 76% connected

The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to i…

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Refinement 76% connected

The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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Refining 76% connected

of Refine

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Transition 76% connected

Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.

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Reclaim 74% connected

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

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Reclaim 74% connected

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

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Rectify 74% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

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Rectify 74% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

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Refine 74% connected

To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Refine 74% connected

To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

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Correction 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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