<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from</li><li>to point out or mark the errors in</li><li>to scold, rebuke, or punish in order to improve</li><li>to counteract the operation or effect of (something hurtful or undesirable)</li><li>to alter or adjust so as to bring into accordance with a standard or with a required condition</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make a correction or corrections</li><li>(of stock prices) to reverse a trend, especially temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in previous trading sessions</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate</li><li>in accordance with an acknowledged or accepted standard; proper</li><li>(of a judgment or opinion) just or right</li><li>characterized by or adhering to a liberal or progressive ideology on matters of ethnicity, religion, sexuality, ecology, etc.</li></ul>