Correction and Error

Opposite meaning words

Correction noun - A change designed to correct or improve a written work.

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Error is an antonym for correction.

Error noun - An unintentional departure from truth or accuracy.

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Correction is an antonym for error in mistake topic.

Nearby Words: err, erroneous, errorless

similar	similar correction	similar error
small	small correction	small error
serious	serious correction	serious error
deliberate	deliberate correction	deliberate error
Other adjectives: major, minor, unknown.

And then the printer committed a third error: On the correction note the word "bridegroom" was printed as "bridegoon".

Source: Acquired Error at the Printer
The best way to correct an error is to write your correction by a bullet underneath while presevering the original mistake for posterity.

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The newspaper's obituary editor had to publish a correction and also had to call her son, John Ritter, to apologize personally for the error.

Source: No Longer with Us

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