SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
rectify
verb
To correct or put something right.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Put right
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Usage distinction
Return to topRectify addresses an error or unsatisfactory condition. Adjust can involve a neutral change, while redress often concerns a wrong or injustice.
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See rectify in use
The publisher agreed to rectify the error in the next printing.
A neighborhood arts club discovered that a member had been charged twice for the same room booking. The treasurer began to reconcile the payment record with the booking log so she could identify exactly what had happened. She could rectify the duplicate entry, but the club also needed to redress the wrong done to the member who had paid the second request.
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