correction notice
Official mistake acknowledgment
A correction notice is a formal statement acknowledging and rectifying an error in previously published material.
Newspapers, journals, and official documents issue correction notices when factual mistakes, misspellings, or misattributions come to light: The paper ran a correction notice about the misidentified photo.
In regulatory contexts, a correction notice may require a company to fix violations.
- erratumDocumented publishing mistake
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- amendmentChange to official text
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- public apologyOpenly stated remorse
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