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correct [from com- ( COM-) + regere 'to lead straight']

Correct - definition of correct by The Free Dictionary

Synonyms: correct, rectify, remedy, redress, revise, amend

These verbs mean to make right what is wrong.

Correct refers to eliminating faults, errors, or defects:

• I corrected the spelling mistakes.
• The new design corrected the flaws in the earlier version.

Rectify stresses the idea of bringing something into conformity with a standard of what is right:

• "It is dishonest to claim that we can rectify racial injustice without immediate cost" (Mari J. Matsuda).

Remedy involves removing or counteracting something considered a cause of harm, damage, or discontent:

• He took courses to remedy his abysmal ignorance. →abyss

Redress refers to setting right something considered immoral or unethical and usually involves some kind of recompense:

• "They said he had done very little to redress the abuses that the army had committed against the civilian population" (Daniel Wilkinson).

Revise suggests change that results from careful reconsideration:

• The agency revised its safety recommendations in view of the new findings.

Amend implies improvement through alteration or correction:

• "Whenever [the people] shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it" (Abraham Lincoln).

六级/考研单词: synonym, rectify, revise, verb, eliminate, defect, flaw, conform, counteract, abuse, commit, civilian, implicit, weary, constitution, overthrow

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