correct
a. சரியான, சரி நுட்பமான, திருத்தமான, வழுவற்ற, படியளவைக்கொத்த, ஒப்புக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட அளவுக்குச் சரியான, மெய்யான, தக்க, ஏற்புடைய, (வி.) சரிப்படுத்து, திருத்து, கண்டி, தவறு நீக்கிச் சரி செய், பிழைதிருத்தம் செய், பிழை குறி, தவறு எடுத்துரை, குறையகற்று, சரியீடு செய், நேரளவுக்குக் கொண்டு வா.
Synonyms
true, exact, faultless, accurate, proper, decorous, right #verb chasten, punish, rectify, amend, reform, emend, redress,set_right, improve
Antonyms
false, untrue, incorrect, faulty, wrong #verb spare, falsify, corrupt
Cor*rect" (kr-rkt"), a. Etym: [L. correctus, p. p. of corrigere to make straight, to correct; cor- + regere to lead straight: cf. F. correct. See Regular, Right, and cf. Escort.] Defn: Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; nnot faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. Always use the most correct editions. Felton. Syn. -- Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See Accurate. Cor*rect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrected; p. pr. & vb. n. Correcting.] 1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. This is a defect in the first make of same men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. T. Burnet. 2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). 3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. Shak. 4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. Syn. -- To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See Amend.