Corrections
Incarceration and rehabilitation
Corrections refers to the system of punishment and rehabilitation for criminal offenders—prisons, jails, parole, and probation: He spent twenty years working in corrections.
A corrections officer supervises inmates.
The word also means the act of correcting errors or mistakes: The manuscript needed corrections before publication.
In finance, a correction is a decline in stock prices after a period of gains.
Confinement for offenders
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- paroleConditional early release
- probationSupervised trial period
inmates · warden · facility · sentencing · detention · penitentiary · reform · recidivism
Assigning marks to work
- feedbackReturned response data
- mistakesUnintended wrong actions
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
- rubricEvaluation criteria set
red pen · homework · exam · teacher · marking · assessment · wrong answers · revision
Checking text for mistakes
- revisionsAlterations to improve
- editsAlters for improvement
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
- markupAdded percentage for profit
redline · errata · typos · emendations · strikethrough · annotations · copyediting · galley
Alteration to improve fit
- restatementRewording of something said
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- auditFormal accounts examination
- accountingMaintaining financial records
amendment · discrepancy · error · revision · books · ledger · balance · writeoff
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
- tweakingSlight adjustment process
- recalibrationAdjusting measurement standards again
adjustment · modification · compensation · rectification · regulation · zeroing · balancing · tuning
Departure from expected path
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- steeringControlling direction of movement
- navigationDetermining position and course
- realignmentAdjusting relative positions
heading · bearing · recalculation · GPS · route · detour · rerouting · adjustment
prison
Confinement for offenders
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- paroleConditional early release
probation · inmates · warden · facility · sentencing · detention · penitentiary · reform · recidivism · confinement
grading
Assigning marks to work
- feedbackReturned response data
- mistakesUnintended wrong actions
- errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
rubric · red pen · homework · exam · teacher · marking · assessment · wrong answers · revision · improvement
proofreading
Checking text for mistakes
- revisionsAlterations to improve
- editsAlters for improvement
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
markup · redline · errata · typos · emendations · strikethrough · annotations · copyediting · galley · drafts
adjustment
Alteration to improve fit
- restatementRewording of something said
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- auditFormal accounts examination
accounting · amendment · discrepancy · error · revision · books · ledger · balance · writeoff · reclassification
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
- tweakingSlight adjustment process
recalibration · adjustment · modification · compensation · rectification · regulation · zeroing · balancing · tuning · optimization
deviation
Departure from expected path
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- steeringControlling direction of movement
- navigationDetermining position and course
realignment · heading · bearing · recalculation · GPS · route · detour · rerouting · adjustment · maneuver
Correctionscourts
Judicial bodies or playing areas
judiciary · law enforcement · prosecution · adjudication · parole
- course correctionMid-journey directional fix
- correction fluidLiquid error concealer
- correctional facilityInstitution housing convicted offenders
- corrections officersStaff overseeing incarcerated people
- correction tapeAdhesive strip hiding mistakes
- market correctionDecline reversing overvalued prices