correction

名词 correction:

1. the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
   同义词：rectification
2. a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
   同义词：fudge factor
3. something substituted for an error
4. a rebuke for making a mistake
   同义词：chastening, chastisement
5. a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
6. the act of punishing
   同义词：discipline
7. treatment of a specific defect

1. The teacher wrote the proposed correction at foot.
   老师将修改意见写在页底空白处。
2. I'm speaking under correction.
   我说的不一定正确。
3. I believe these figures are the most recent available but I am open to correction.
   我认为这些数据是最近才得到的，但我乐于接受改正。
4. The correction of all my mistakes took nearly an hour.
   我用了近一个小时才改完我的全部错误。

cor.rec.tion

n.Abbr. cor.,corr.（名词）缩写 cor.,corr.
The act or process of correcting.
改正：改正的行动或过程
Something offered or substituted for a mistake or fault:
改正物：为错误或过失提供的或代替错误或过失的东西：
例句：
made corrections in the report.
在报告中作修改

Punishment intended to rehabilitate or improve.
处罚：为复原或提高而进行的惩罚
corrections The treatment of offenders through a system of penal incarceration, rehabilitation, probation, and parole, or the administrative system by which these are effectuated.
corrections 教养：对罪犯通过处罚禁闭，教养、缓刑以及假释或者行政制度这些有效管理方式
An amount or quantity added or subtracted in order to correct.
改正量：为改正而加入或抽除的数或质
A decline in stock-market activity or prices following a period of increases.
回落：在股票事务中的下降或经过一段时期的升值

【引伸】
correc.tional
adj.（形容词）