Correctness

cor·rect  (k-rkt)

v. cor·rect·ed, cor·rect·ing, cor·rects

v.tr.

1.

a. To remove the errors or mistakes from.

b. To indicate or mark the errors in.

2. To punish for the purpose of improving or reforming.

3. To remove, remedy, or counteract (a malfunction, for example).

4. To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition: correct the wheel alignment on a car.

v.intr.

1. To make corrections.

2. To make adjustments; compensate: correcting for the effects of air resistance.

adj.

1. Free from error or fault; true or accurate.

2. Conforming to standards; proper: correct behavior.

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[Middle English correcten, from Latin corrigere, corrct-, to correct : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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cor·recta·ble, cor·recti·ble adj.

cor·rectly adv.

cor·rectness n.

cor·rector n.

Synonyms: correct, rectify, remedy, redress, reform, revise, amend
These verbs mean to make right what is wrong. Correct refers to eliminating faults, errors, or defects: I corrected the spelling mistakes.
Rectify stresses the idea of bringing something into conformity with a standard of what is right: The omission of your name from the list will be rectified.
Remedy involves removing or counteracting something considered a cause of harm or damage: He took courses to remedy his abysmal ignorance.
Redress refers to setting right something considered immoral or unethical and usually involves making reparation: The wrong is too great to be redressed.
Reform implies broad change that improves form or character: "Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons" (John Ruskin).
Revise suggests change that results from reconsideration: The author revised her manuscript for publication.
Amend implies improvement through alteration or correction: "Whenever [the people] shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it" (Abraham Lincoln). See Also Synonyms at punish.

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Correctness 

See Also: TRUENESS/FALSENESS, MANNERS, REPUTATION

1. Accurate as a hole in one —Anon

   See Also: GOLF

2. Accurately as a geometrician —V. S. Pritchett
3. As scrupulous as a well-trained tailor —Robert Penn Warren
4. Exact as a blueprint —Anon
5. Exact as the technical jargon of a trade —Aldous Huxley
6. More exacting than a pasha with thirty wives —Guy de Maupassant
7. Proper as a butler —Charles Simmons
8. Respectable as Jane Austen —Marge Piercy
9. Right as a well-done sum —Sylvia Plath

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(See also PRECISION, PROPRIETY.)

get hold of the right end of the stick To have the proper grasp or perspective on a situation. The expression is more common in Britain than in the United States. See also get hold of the wrong end of the Stick, FALLACIOUSNESS.

hit the white To be right, to be right on target, to hit the bull’s-eye. The allusion is to archery and the inner circle of the target or the bull’s-eye, formerly of a white color. Since bull’s-eyes are now usually painted or outlined in black, it is easy to see why this expression is rare or obsolete today.

’Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white. (Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, V, ii)

on the beam On the right track; correct; accurate. The reference is to a radio beam used to direct the course of an aircraft. Thus, an airplane on the beam is right on the proper course. The phrase appeared as early as 1941 in the Daring Detective.

right as a trivet See GOOD HEALTH.

right as rain Very right, exactly correct or accurate, quite right. This simile, although not as common today as formerly, is still popularly used to emphasize degree of correctness. Its origin would appear to be simply from alliteration.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	correctness - conformity to fact or truth rightness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare incorrectness, wrongness - the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
	2.	correctness - the quality of conformity to social expectations correctitude, properness, propriety - correct or appropriate behavior faultlessness, impeccability - the quality of being without an error or fault political correctitude, political correctness - avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against incorrectness - lack of conformity to social expectations

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correctness

noun

1. truth, accuracy, precision, exactitude, exactness, faultlessness Please check the correctness of the details on this form.

2. decorum, propriety, good manners, civility, good breeding, bon ton (French) He conducted himself with formal correctness at all times.

Translations

correctness [kəˈrektnɪs] N

1. (= accuracy) [of answer, amount, term, calculation] → exactitud f

2. (= appropriateness) [of method, approach] → lo apropiado, lo adecuado

3. (= decency) [of person, behaviour, dress] → corrección f

correctness [kəˈrɛktnɪs] n

(= accuracy) → justesse f, exactitude f

(= formality) [behaviour] → correction f

correctness

n

(= accuracy) → Richtigkeit f

(of behaviour etc) → Korrektheit f

correctness [kəˈrɛktnɪs] n → correttezza