the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
"for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"
the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
"The new policy aims to reform prison corrections by focusing more on rehabilitation programs than strict punishment."
plural of correction
"The teacher spent her lunch break grading all the student corrections on their math worksheets before returning them in class."
In plain English: Corrections are changes made to fix mistakes or improve something that is wrong.
"The teacher gave us corrections on our spelling mistakes."
Usage: Corrections refers to the act of fixing errors or mistakes in writing, data, or behavior. Use this plural noun when discussing multiple instances where something has been amended or improved.
Derived from the Latin correctio, this term originally meant a straightening or setting right. It entered English via Old French to denote an act of amending errors or faults.