Cor*rec"tion (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L.
correctio: cf. F. correction.] 1.
The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong;
change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an
erroneous statement.
The due correction of swearing, rioting,
neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices.
Strype.
2. The act of reproving or punishing, or
that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment;
discipline; chastisement.
Correction and instruction must both
work
Ere this rude beast will profit.
Shak.
3. That which is substituted in the place
of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a
proof sheet should be set in the margin.
4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the
counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects;
as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.
5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an
instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass
correction.
Correction line (Surv.), a
parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the
government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain
intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the
convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the
townships must be squares. -- House of
correction, a house where disorderly persons are
confined; a bridewell. -- Under
correction, subject to correction; admitting the
possibility of error.
