rectification

Other forms: rectifications

Definitions of rectification

1. noun

   the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
   synonyms: correction

   types:

   redress, remediation, remedy

   act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

   retribution

   the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

   compensation, recompense

   the act of compensating for service, loss, or injury

   amendment

   the act of amending or correcting

   emendation

   a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing

   salve

   anything that remedies or heals or soothes

   indemnification

   an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

   type of:

   improvement

   the act of improving something
2. noun

   the conversion of alternating current to direct current
   type of:

   changeover, conversion, transition

   an event that results in a transformation
3. noun

   (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
   type of:

   purification, refinement, refining

   the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
4. noun

   determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
   type of:

   determination, finding

   the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation