| word | rectify |
|---|---|
| definition | To set right; remedy. |
| eg_sentence | The college is moving to rectify this unfortunate situation before anyone else gets hurt. |
| explanation | We rectify something by straightening it out or making it right. We might rectify an injustice by seeing to it that a wrongly accused person is cleared. An error in a financial record can be rectified by replacing an incorrect number with a correct one. If the error is in our tax return, the Internal Revenue Service will be happy to rectify it for us; we might then have to rectify the impression that we were trying to cheat on our taxes |
| IPA | ˈrɛktəˌfaɪ |
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