correcting

Verb

correct (third-person singular simple present corrects, present participle correcting, simple past and past participle corrected)

1. (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
   • You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.

   Synonyms:

   amend, rectify, fix, fix up, furbish, retrieve, make whole, mend, patch, put to rights

2. (broadly, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
   • The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
3. (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
   • It's rude to correct your parents.
4. (transitive) To discipline; to punish.

   Synonyms:

   chasten, gruel, amerce, castigate, chastise, come down on, fix someone's wagon, have someone's guts for garters, have someone's head, have someone's hide

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