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Meanings of correction in English

Portuguese
castigo
Catalan
càstig
Spanish
escarmiento

A rebuke for making a mistake.

castigo
Portuguese
retificação
Catalan
rectificació
Spanish
corrección

The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right.

retificação
Synonyms
Examples for "chastisement"
Examples for "chastisement"
1
A few weeks ago, the court mandated that moderate chastisement was unlawful.
The South African
2
So the suffering could not be penalty; but it could be chastisement.
Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
3
There was some doubt in his mind about the chastisement of unbelievers.
Of Human Bondage
4
And attend to this; for, the Infidels shall suffer a grievous chastisement.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
5
The vanquished everywhere trembled before the conqueror, and expected a terrible chastisement.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (o...
1
It has been a bitter and chastening experience for Mr De Rossa.
The Irish Times
2
It's chastening to think how few of us could do this now.
The Guardian
3
Then he said nothing at all about the chastening effect of suffering.
Sweetapple Cove
4
AmaZulu suffered a chastening defeat in their first match of the new season.
The South African
5
For Fulham, far too welcoming as hosts, it was all a bit chastening.
The Guardian

A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure.

The act of punishing.

Usage of correction in English
1
Later studies show a bank crisis makes the correction deeper and longer.
Reuters
2
Conclusion: RGP correction offers the best visual acuity quality for myopia subjects.
Pubmed
3
The S&P 500 just suffered its quickest correction since the Great Depression.
Wired
4
The correction of the life habits was of course the fundamental need.
The Nervous Housewife
5
The deepening correction in the Chinese property market has increased this risk.
Reuters
6
ST-GPR was used to synthesise data sources after correction for known biases.
Pubmed
7
So a population correction must restore the balance of supply and demand.
News.com.au
8
Methods involved prospective and retrospective 3D image registration and auto-focus motion correction.
Pubmed
9
In Dubai, bargain hunters helped lift the market after a recent correction.
Reuters
10
Moxifloxacin significantly prolonged QTc at all time points, regardless of correction method.
Pubmed
11
However, none of these associations remained significant after applying a Bonferroni correction.
Pubmed
12
He expects inventory correction to finish at the end of this year.
Reuters
13
Analysts say world oil markets may be poised for a downward correction.
Reuters
14
What's good, though, is that the scientific method is built for self-correction.
Wired
15
Frequent imaging and correction can help mitigate the effect of this movement.
Pubmed
16
But some players warned of a likely correction in the coming months.
Reuters
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Correction through the time
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South Africa
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
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