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• (a) free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
• (a) correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
• (s) socially right or correct; "it isn''t right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
• (s) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what''s the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
• (v) make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
• (v) make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
• (v) censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
• (v) adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
• (v) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
• (v) go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
• (v) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
• (v) treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"

correct Synonyms

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