self-correct

Mend your mistake

Self-correct means to fix one's own mistakes without outside intervention.

A student self-corrects when rereading reveals an error.

Systems that self-correct adjust automatically: The autopilot self-corrects for wind drift.

The term appears in education, technology, and discussions of markets or institutions that supposedly regulate themselves.

behavioral

discipline

Trained self-control or specialty

introspection · reform · redemption · amend · apologize · rectify · make amends · change course · therapy · rehabilitation

learning

feedback

Returned response data

reflection · revision · improvement · adaptation · trial and error · practice · refinement · troubleshooting · debugging · proofreading

mechanical

calibration

Adjusting for measurement accuracy

gyroscope · autopilot · servo · feedback loop · sensor · actuator · homeostasis · thermostat · equilibrium · automatic

Opposites
source of correction

self-correctedited

Altered for improvement

supervised · peer-reviewed · proofread · monitored · regulated

error response

self-correctdouble down

Strengthen one's stance

dig in · entrench · deteriorate · stay the course · spiral

stability vs. change

self-correctlock in

Commit to irrevocably

rigidify · stagnate · calcify · stabilize

Family

self, correct, selfish, selfless, selfhood, selves, correction, corrective, corrector

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