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Another word for correct

correct Synonyms

correct

modif.

Accurate
exact, true, right; see accurate 1.
Proper
suitable, becoming, fitting; see conventional 2, fit 1. See syn. study at accurate.

correct Synonyms

correct

v.

To make corrections
remedy, rectify, better, help, ameliorate, remove the errors, remove the faults of, emend, improve, alter, adjust, retouch, redress, reclaim, accommodate for, make right, mend, amend, right, fix, fix up, repair, do over, reform, remodel, review, reconstruct, reorganize, edit, revise, make corrections, make improvements, set aright, put straight, set straight, make compensation for, reparation for, put in order, doctor, touch up, polish; see also adjust 3, change 1, improve 1, repair.
To administer correction
admonish, chide, reprimand; see punish. See syn. study at punish.

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Another word for correct

verb

To make right what is wrong:
amend, emend, mend, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, right. See correct
To subject (one) to a penalty for a wrong:
castigate, chastise, discipline, penalize, punish. See reward
To castigate for the purpose of improving:
chasten. See praise

adjective

Having no errors:
accurate, errorless, exact, precise, right, rigorous. See correct, true
Conforming to fact:
accurate, exact, faithful, precise, right, rigorous, true, veracious, veridical. See correct, honest, real, true
Conforming to accepted standards:
becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, de rigueur, nice, proper, respectable, right, seemly. See courtesy
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place:
appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit¹, fitting, happy, meet², proper, right, tailor-made. See right

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The government operating in its correct role is instrumental to civilization.
At least he had found the correct profession.
Maybe. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Two hundred years later, William Rutherford thought he had calculated it to 208 digits but only got the first 152 correct, so we will give him credit that far.
Later, as she looked down at his sleeping form, she was silently cursing the doctor because his diagnosis was correct, but for the wrong partner.

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