correct
     adj 1: 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" [syn: {right}] [ant: {incorrect}, {incorrect}]
     2: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the
        party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: {right}]
     3: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
        "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open
        oysters" [syn: {right}]
     4: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"
        [syn: {right}] [ant: {wrong}]
     v 1: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the
          calculation" [syn: {rectify}, {right}] [ant: {falsify}]
     2: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
        victims of the Holocaust" [syn: {right}, {compensate}, {redress}]
        [ant: {wrong}]
     3: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive
        remarks" [syn: {chastise}, {castigate}, {objurgate}, {chasten}]
     4: adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to correct the
        effects or air resistance" [syn: {compensate}, {counterbalance},
         {even out}, {even off}, {even up}]
     5: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The
        teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn: {discipline},
         {sort out}]
     6: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices
        slumped" [syn: {decline}, {slump}]
     7: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a
        standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the
        alignment of the front wheels" [syn: {adjust}, {set}]
     8: treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his
        myopia"
Source: WordNet® 2.0