(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from. / (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers). / (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.

The act of correcting. / A substitution for an error or mistake. / (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.

(India) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

Free from error; true; accurate. / With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

present participle of correct

Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct. / (obsolete) Qualifying; limiting.

plural of corrective

Something that corrects or counteracts something. / (obsolete) Limitation; restriction.

(obsolete) Possibly a medicinal herb.

Able to be corrected