correct

make right or correct

• “Correct the mistakes”
• “rectify the calculation”

make reparations or amends for

• “right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”

censure severely

• “She chastised him for his insensitive remarks”

adjust or make up for

• “engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”

punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• “The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently”

go down in value

• “the stock market corrected”
• “prices slumped”

alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• “Adjust the clock, please”
• “correct the alignment of the front wheels”

treat a defect

• “The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia”

free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

• “the correct answer”
• “the correct version”
• “the right answer”
• “took the right road”
• “the right decision”

socially right or correct

• “it isn”
• “;”

in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

• “what”
• “;”

correct in opinion or judgment

• “time proved him right”