The act of correcting; the act of bringing back, from error or deviation, to a just standard, as to truth, rectitude, justice or propriety; as the correction of opinions or manners. All scripture is profitable for correction. 2 Timothy 3:16.

Retrenchment of faults or errors; amendment; as the correction of a book, or of the press.

That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; as the corrections of a copy are numerous; set the corrections in the margin of a proof-sheet.

That which is intended to rectify, or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement; that which corrects. Withhold not correction from the child. Proverbs 23:13.

In scriptural language, whatever tends to correct the moral conduct, and bring back from error or sin, as afflictions. They have refused to receive correction. Jeremiah 5:3. My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor be weary of his correction. Proverbs 3:11.

Critical notice; animadversion.

Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as the correction of acidity in the stomach. House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell.