correcting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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