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rectification

[rek-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌrɛk tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
ADVERB
measure for measure
Synonyms
WEAK
amends atonement compensation eye for an eye indemnification indemnity lex talionis meed payback quid pro quo reciprocity recompense reparation restitution retaliation tit for tat tooth for a tooth
NOUN
amendment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
change modification reform remedy revision
STRONG
alteration amelioration betterment correction enhancement improvement mending reformation repair
Antonyms
STRONG
damage harm hurt injury worsening
NOUN
correction
Synonyms
STRONG
alteration amelioration amendment editing emendation improvement indemnification mending modification 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
improvement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advance advancement change development enhancement gain growth increase progress recovery renovation revision rise upgrade
STRONG
amelioration amendment augmentation betterment civilization correction cultivation elevation enrichment furtherance meliorism preferment progression promotion rally reclamation reformation regeneration upbeat
WEAK
upswing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decline decrease deterioration diminishment failure halt loss retreat retrogression stagnation stop stoppage
STRONG
demotion worsening
WEAK
damage diminishing harm hurt injury weakening
NOUN
melioration
Synonyms
STRONG
advance advancement amelioration amendment augmentation betterment change civilization correction cultivation development elevation enhancement enrichment furtherance gain growth increase preferment progress progression promotion rally reclamation recovery reformation regeneration renovation revision rise upbeat upgrade
WEAK
upswing
Antonyms
STRONG
decline decrease demotion deterioration diminishment failure halt impediment loss regression retreat retrogression stagnation stop stoppage worsening
NOUN
redress
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amends atonement indemnity remedy reparation reprisal restitution retribution
STRONG
aid amendment assistance balancing change conciliation correction cure ease justice offsetting payment quittance recompense reformation rehabilitation relief remission remodeling renewal repair requital return revision reward reworking satisfaction vengeance
WEAK
reestablishment
Antonyms
STRONGEST
penalty sympathy
STRONG
damage destruction hindrance hurt injury worsening
NOUN
refinement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clarification
STRONG
cleaning distillation processing purification rarefaction
WEAK
depuration detersion draining filtering
Antonyms
WEAK
bad manners corruption crudeness dirtying pollution rudeness
NOUN
revision
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alteration amendment improvement modification reconsideration reexamination review
STRONG
correction editing emendation homework polish redaction redraft rescript retrospect retrospection revisal revise updating
WEAK
afterlight overhauling recension rectifying reediting restyling
Antonyms
STRONGEST
worsening

Example Sentences

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"An issue was identified, a rectification was instructed and that is taking place," he told the Commons defence committee.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Two particularly puzzling behaviors have long intrigued scientists: rectification and gating.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

Around the time Ant announced the change in control, Guo Shuqing, the Communist Party secretary at the People’s Bank of China, said the so-called rectification campaign into the biggest technology companies was “basically complete.”

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

"Ant Group has been focusing on its business rectification and optimisation, and does not have a plan for an IPO," the company spokesperson said.

From Reuters • Jan. 8, 2023

But by then her acceptance of her fate was so deep that she was not even upset by the certainty that all possibilities of rectification were closed to her.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez