5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. — House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. — Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.
CORRECTIONAL
Cor*rec"tion*al (kr-rk"shn-al), a. Etym: [Cf. F. correctionnel.]
Defn: Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.
CORRECTIONER
Cor*rec"tion*er (-r), n.
Defn: One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [Obs.]
Shak.
CORRECTIVE
Cor*rect"ive (krr-rk"tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. correctif.]
1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot.
2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." Holdsworth.
CORRECTIVE
Cor*rect"ive, n.
1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke.