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# correction

«correction» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a change that makes something right that was wrong** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a correction, corrections)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A correction is a change that makes something right that was wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#m1)

2) Correction is the act of putting mistakes right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#m2)

3) (formal) Correction can mean punishment, as in old prisons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Discipline or teaching meant to turn a person from error, often by a parent or by God. Interpretation: Proverbs treats correction as a sign of love. God corrects people as a father corrects a son. In the primary lessons: In school pupils do corrections: they fix mistakes marked by the teacher. Correction fluid or tape covers mistakes. In maths, checking and correction of answers is good practice. Phrases: make corrections, do your corrections, correction tape.

### examples

- Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof. (Writings PRO.12.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x1)
- A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. (Writings PRO.15.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x2)
- My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction; (Writings PRO.3.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x3)
- Do your corrections in green pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x4)
- The teacher made a correction to my spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x5)
- There were three corrections on the board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x6)
- Use correction tape to cover the mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x7)
- The newspaper printed a correction the next day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x8)
- She took the correction kindly and tried again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/#x9)

### note

Countable. Verb: correct; adjective: correct, corrective. In maths, a correction changes a wrong answer to the right one; always show your working so the mistake can be found.

### In the corpora

- [In vain have I smitten your children — they received no correction; your sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.56/)
- [O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them for correction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.15/)
- [My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.66/)
- [Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.322/)
- [A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.415/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «correction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/correction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.