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CORRECTIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("corrections" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
Example:
for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
Synonyms:
corrections; department of corrections
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("corrections" is a kind of...):
department of local government; local department (a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government)
