corrections

NOUN

adjustment; fixing

Synonyms

STRONG

alteration amelioration amendment editing emendation improvement indemnification mending modification rectification redress reexamination repair reparation revisal revising

WEAK

amending changing remodeling rereading righting

Antonyms

STRONG

damage harm hurt injury worsening

WEAK

allowance blunder coddling goof indulgence mistake permissiveness petting spoiling

NOUN

discipline

Synonyms

STRONG

admonition castigation chastisement punishment reformation reproof rod

WEAK

punition

Antonyms

WEAK

allowance blunder coddling goof indulgence mistake permissiveness petting spoiling

Example Sentences

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Corrections & Amplifications “Risk has been on and off,” NAB’s Ken Crompton says in commentary.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Midway through filming the documentary, the Oregon Department of Corrections announced it planned to nix funding for the FPP.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Mr. Winston is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of “Market Corrections Not Government Interventions: A Path to Improve the U.S. Economy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Ordinarily, the Alabama Department of Corrections couldn't just put people on death row or let them off without court orders or legal filings—and certainly no prison warden could do so on his own.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson