correct

(verb) make right or correct. Synonyms: rectify, right. Examples: "Correct the mistakes." "Rectify the calculation."

(verb) make reparations or amends for. Synonyms: right, compensate, redress. Examples: "Right a wrongs done to the victims of the holocaust."

(verb) censure severely. Synonyms: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten. Examples: "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks."

(verb) adjust for. Synonyms: compensate, counterbalance, make up, even out, even off, even up. Examples: "Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance."

(verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. Synonyms: discipline, sort out. Examples: "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently."

(verb) go down in value. Synonyms: decline, slump. Examples: "The stock market corrected." "Prices slumped."

(verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard. Synonyms: adjust, set. Examples: "Adjust the clock, please." "Correct the alignment of the front wheels."

(verb) treat a defect. Examples: "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia."

(adj) free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth. Synonyms: correct (vs. incorrect), right (vs. wrong). Examples: "The correct answer." "The correct version." "The right answer." "Took the right road." "The right decision."

(adj) socially right or correct. Synonyms: right. Examples: "It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye." "Correct behavior."

(adj) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure. Synonyms: right. Examples: "What's the right word for this?." "The right way to open oysters."

(adj) correct in opinion or judgment. Synonyms: right (vs. wrong). Examples: "Time proved him right."