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corrections

/kəˈɹɛkʃənz/noun3 syllables

Corrections means: the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders.

Synonyms for corrections1

noun, as in the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

department of corrections

What does corrections mean?2

noun

1

the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders“for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections”

2

the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with corrections?17

two syllables

sections

four syllables

imperfectionsintersectionsrecollections
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Corrections in a sentence

  • I welcome any corrections or additions to these minutes.CM
  • Many thanks for the thoughtful corrections! My mistakes have become clear to me.megamanenm
  • I turned in my test corrections last week, but my teacher refuses to put them in the gradebook.DJ_Saidez
  • I’ve made a few corrections.pne
  • We will follow your demands and make the necessary corrections to those parts that need them.FeuDRenais2
  • I am happy to receive corrections.shekitten
  • Sorry about my mistakes; I'm a beginner. I'm glad to accept corrections.shekitten
  • Sorry about my mistakes; I'm a beginner. Corrections are welcome.shekitten

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