correct

Meanings

• make right or correct
  • "Correct the mistakes"
• make reparations or amends for
• censure severely
• adjust for
  • "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
• go down in value
  • "the stock market corrected"
• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
  • "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
• treat a defect
  • "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
  • "the correct answer"
  • "the correct version"
• socially right or correct
  • "correct behavior"
• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
• correct in opinion or judgment

Synonyms

adjust, castigate, chasten, chastise, compensate, counterbalance, decline, discipline, even off, even out, even up, make up, objurgate, rectify, redress, right, set, slump, sort out