cor·rec·tion (k -r k shn)n. 1. The act or process of correcting. 2. Something offered or substituted for a mistake or fault: made corrections in the report. 3. a. Punishment intended to rehabilitate or improve. b. corrections The treatment of offenders through a system of penal incarceration, rehabilitation, probation, and parole, or the administrative system by which these are effectuated. 4. An amount or quantity added or subtracted in order to correct. 5. A decline in stock-market activity or prices following a period of increases. cor·rec tion·al adj. |
correctional [kəˈrɛkʃənəl]
adj
(Law) Chiefly US of or relating to the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals a correctional facility
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correctional [kəˈrekʃənəl] (US)
A. ADJ → penitenciario
B. CPD correctional facility N → centro m penitenciario
correctional officer N → funcionario/a m/f de prisiones
correctional officer N → funcionario/a m/f de prisiones
correctional [kəˈrɛkʃənəl] adj (mainly US) → correctionnel(le)
correction fluid n → liquide m correcteur
correction fluid n → liquide m correcteur
correctional
adj (US) correctional officer → Justizvollzugsbeamte(r) m → /-beamtin f; the correctional system → das Justizvollzugssystem; correctional facility → Justizvollzugsanstalt f, → Strafanstalt f
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