Correction

Correction means ‘making right’. Etymologically it means ‘with straightness’ or ‘with rightness’. 
Proto-Indoeuropean *reg- "move in a straight line," is the source of correction, indeed its observably close relative ‘corrigere’ in Latin, means "to put straight". 
mid-14c., "to set right, rectify" (a fault or error), from Latin correctus, past participle of corrigere "to put straight, reduce to order, set right;" in transferred use, "to reform, amend," especially of speech or writing, from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + regere "to lead straight, rule" (from PIE root  with derivatives meaning "to direct in a straight line," thus "to lead, rule"). Originally of persons; with reference to writing, etc., attested from late 14c. 
* See: Rectification; Education; Making right; Corrected; correcting; Corrective measures; Fixing.
* See conversely: Error; Making a mistake.
* Relatedness: Obscuring; Obscurantism.
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Category:Rightness
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Category:Straightness
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