Reproof vs. Correction
Reproofnoun
Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
Reproofnoun
An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.
Reproofnoun
an act or expression of criticism and censure;
Reproofverb
censure severely or angrily;
Correctionnoun
The act of correcting.
Correctionnoun
A substitution for an error or mistake.
Correctionnoun
Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
Correctionnoun
An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
Correctionnoun
A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
Correctionnoun
(procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
Correctionnoun
The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.
Correctionnoun
The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement.
Correctionnoun
That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.
Correctionnoun
Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.
Correctionnoun
An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction.
Correctionnoun
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
Correctionnoun
a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
Correctionnoun
something substituted for an error
Correctionnoun
a rebuke for making a mistake
Correctionnoun
a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases;
Correctionnoun
the act of punishing;
Correctionnoun
treatment of a specific defect;
