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correction, remedy

n. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

restitution, amends, indemnity, indemnification, damages

n. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

right, correct, compensate

v. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

amelioration, melioration, betterment

n. the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

alleviation, relief, assuagement

n. the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"

easing, alleviation, relief

n. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"

recompense

n. payment or reward (as for service rendered)

payment

n. a sum of money paid

refund

n. money returned to a payer

repayment, quittance

n. payment of a debt or obligation

disbursement, disbursal, outlay, expenditure, expense

n. money paid out

retribution, requittal

n. a justly deserved penalty

remuneration, earnings, wage, pay, salary

n. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"

repent, atone, do penitence

v. turn away from sin or do penitence

balance, equilibrate, equilibrize

v. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

counterbalance, neutralize, counteract, countervail

v. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

recompense, compensate, remunerate

v. make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"

repay, requite

v. make repayment for or return something

offset, countervail

v. compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"

offset, cancel, set off

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

adjust, adapt, get accustomed

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

strike, excise, expunge

v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

fix, repair, doctor, mend, bushel, touch on, restore, furbish up

v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

remedy, rectify, amend, set right

v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

reform, make reforms in, change for the better

v. reform a political system, for example

handicap, invalid, disable, incapacitate

v. injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

reward, repay, pay back, requit

v. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

counterbalance, even out, even up, even off, compensate for

v. adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

wrong, treat unjustly

v. treat unjustly; do wrong to

overturn, revolutionize, change radically

v. change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

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