What is "corrections" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "corrections": the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

Noun

Meaning of "corrections": the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

Noun

Synonyms:

amendment, repair, emendation, mending, reparation, indemnification, alteration, improvement, redress, amelioration, modification, changing, remodeling, reexamination, rectification, revising, editing, revisal, amending, rereading, righting, castigation, chastisement, admonition, rod, reformation, reproof, punishment, punition,

Antonyms:

damage, harm, hurt, injury, blunder, mistake, indulgence, worsening, goof, allowance, coddling, permissiveness, petting, spoiling, blunder, mistake, indulgence, goof, allowance, coddling, permissiveness, petting, spoiling,