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correct

verb: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

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

verb: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

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

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

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

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

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

adj: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"

adj: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"

adj: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"