Synonyms:
correct, right
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
correct, right
Meaning: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
Synonyms:
correct, right
Meaning: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
correct, rectify, right
Meaning: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
Synonyms:
right, compensate, redress, correct
Meaning: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
Synonyms:
chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
Meaning: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"