correct

1. (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.Examples: "You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer."; "The navigator corrected the course of the ship."; "Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct."transitive

2. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).Examples: "The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams."broadlytransitive

3. (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.Examples: "It's rude to correct your parents."transitive

4. (transitive) To discipline; to punish.transitive