corrections

Noun

• the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
  • "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"
• the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
• the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
• a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
• something substituted for an error
• a rebuke for making a mistake
• a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
• the act of punishing
• treatment of a specific defect
• plural of correction
• Relating to the punishment, treatment, or supervision of persons who have been convicted of a crime

Synonyms

chastening, chastisement, correction, department of corrections, discipline, fudge factor, rectification