Alternative form of corrections officer

plural of correctional facility

plural of correctional institution

A factor that is multiplied with the result of an equation to correct for a known amount of systematic error.

(US, formal, euphemistic) A prison.

(historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.

(astronomy) The difference between the bolometric magnitude and visual magnitude of a star

(transitive) To modify in a way that is more respectful to minorities. / (transitive) To modify in a way that conforms more to the official position of a government or political party.

(politics) Possessing or conforming to the correct political positions; following the official policies of the government or a political party.

(idiomatic) To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.