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2 : agreeing with fact or truth
3 : conforming to the standards of a specific ideology — cor·rect·ness noun Synonyms [1] decent, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly—more at PROPER [2] accurate, exact, precise, proper, right, so, true; also legitimate, logical, valid; errorless, faultless, flawless, impeccable, letter-perfect, perfect; rigorous, strict, stringent Antonyms false, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, untrue, wrong cor·rec·tion noun 1 : the action or an instance of correcting 2 : a reproving or punishing of faults or deviations from proper actions Synonyms [1, 2] castigation, chastisement, desert, discipline, nemesis, penalty, punishment, wrath—more at PUNISHMENT cor·rec·tion·al adjective : of or relating to correction cor·rec·tive adjective : tending to correct Synonyms disciplinary, penal, punitive—more at PUNITIVE reformative, remedial; also curative, medicinal, therapeutic; reparative, restorative; beneficial, helpful, salutary, wholesome cor·rect·ly adverb : in a correct manner Synonyms appropriately, fittingly, happily, properly, rightly, suitably—more at PROPERLY cor·re·late verb -lat·ed; -lat·ing : to connect in a systematic way : establish the mutual relations of — cor·re·late noun — cor·re·la·tion noun Synonyms associate, connect, identify, link, relate—more at ASSOCIATE cor·rel·a·tive adjective 1 : reciprocally related 2 : regularly used together (as either and or) — correlative noun — cor·rel·a·tive·ly adverb cor·re·spond verb 1 : to be in agreement 2 : to communicate by letter 3 : to compare closely — usu. used with to or with Synonyms [1] accord, agree, answer, check, coincide, comport, conform, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, square, tally—more at CHECK usually correspond to [3] equal, match, parallel—more at MATCH cor·re·spon·dence noun 1 : agreement between particular things 2 : communication by letters; also : the letters exchanged Synonyms community, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, similitude—more at SIMILARITY 1correspondent adjective 1 : having or participating in the same relationship (as kind, degree, position, correspondence, or function) : SIMILAR 2 : of a kind appropriate to the situation — used with with or to Synonyms [1] akin, alike, analogous, comparable, like, parallel, similar, such—more at ALIKE usually correspondent with or correspondent to [2] compatible, conformable, congruous, consistent, consonant, harmonious—more at CONSISTENT 2correspondent noun 1 : something that corresponds 2 : a person with whom one communicates by letter 3 : a person employed to contribute news regularly from a place cor·re·spond·ing·ly adverb : in a corresponding manner Synonyms alike, also, likewise, similarly, so—more at ALSO cor·ri·dor noun 1 : a passageway into which compartments or rooms open (as in a hotel or school) 2 : a narrow strip of land esp. through foreign-held territory 3 : a densely populated strip of land including two or more major cities Synonyms gallery, hall, hallway, passage—more at HALL cor·ri·gen·dum noun, plural -da [ORIGIN: L] : an error in a printed work discovered after printing and shown with its correction on a separate sheet cor·ri·gi·ble adjective : CORRECTABLE cor·rob·o·rate verb -rat·ed; -rat·ing [ORIGIN: L corroborare, fr. robur strength] : to support with evidence : CONFIRM Synonyms bear out, confirm, substantiate, support, validate, verify, vindicate—more at CONFIRM cor·rob·o·ra·tion noun : something that corroborates Synonyms attestation, confirmation, documentation, evidence, proof, substantiation, testament, testimony, validation, witness—more at PROOF cor·rob·o·ra·tive adjective : serving or tending to corroborate Synonyms confirmatory; also auxiliary, supplementary; beneficial, helpful Antonyms confuting, disproving, refuting cor·rob·o·ra·to·ry adjective : serving or tending