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(verb) make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes" |
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Synonyms: right |
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Related Words: adjust, amend, change by reversal, debug, rectify, remedy, reverse, set, turn |
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Antonyms: falsify |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: right |
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Antonyms: incorrect |
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(satellite adjective) socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
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Synonyms: right |
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(satellite adjective) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
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Synonyms: right |
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(adjective) correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" |
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Synonyms: right |
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(verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" |
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Synonyms: discipline, sort out |
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Related Words: penalize, punish |
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(verb) make reparations or amends for; "right a wrong" |
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Synonyms: compensate, redress, right |
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Related Words: aby, abye, alter, atone, change, expiate, over-correct, overcompensate |
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(verb) censure severely; "She chastized him for his insensitive remarks" |
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Synonyms: castigate, chasten, chastise, chastize, objurgate |
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Related Words: bawl out, berate, check, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, flame, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold |
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