correct

Adjective

• correct in opinion or judgment
  • time proved him right
    

• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
  • what's the right word for this?
    
  • the right way to open oysters
    

• socially right or correct
  • it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
    
  • correct behavior
    

• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
  • the correct answer
    
  • the correct version
    
  • the right answer
    
  • took the right road
    
  • the right decision
    

Verb

• treat a defect
  • The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
    

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
  • Adjust the clock, please
    
  • correct the alignment of the front wheels
    

• go down in value
  • the stock market corrected
    
  • prices slumped
    

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
  • The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
    

• adjust for
  • engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
    

• censure severely
  • She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
    

• make reparations or amends for
  • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
    

• make right or correct
  • Correct the mistakes
    
  • rectify the calculation
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  right , adjust , set , decline , slump , discipline , sort out , compensate , counterbalance , make up , even out , even off , even up , chastise , castigate , objurgate , chasten , redress , rectify
• Antonyms: 
  wrong , incorrect , falsify