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Synonyms for rectify
ˈrɛk təˌfaɪrec·ti·fy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
rectify
To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
advance, ameliorate, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, reform, repairAntonyms:
aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate
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Princeton's WordNet
rectifyverb
math: determine the length of
"rectify a curve"
Synonyms:
repair, reform, correct, regenerate, reclaim, refine, remedy, amend, remediate, rightrefine, rectifyverb
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"refine sugar"
Synonyms:
elaborate, refine, reclaim, right, regenerate, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, correct, reform, amend, remedy, complicate, repair, remediatereform, reclaim, regenerate, rectifyverb
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
"The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
Synonyms:
refine, recover, reclaim, right, repair, tame, renew, domesticize, regenerate, restore, correct, domesticise, domesticate, reform, revitalize, amend, straighten out, repossess, remedy, rejuvenate, remediate, see the lightrectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amendverb
set straight or right
"remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
Synonyms:
right, reform, compensate, revivify, remediate, recompense, fix, bushel, reanimate, mend, vivify, amend, renovate, improve, correct, quicken, regenerate, reclaim, resort, restore, ameliorate, relieve, touch on, recreate, remedy, refine, repair, animate, better, furbish up, meliorate, revive, doctor, indemnifycorrect, rectify, rightverb
make right or correct
"Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
Synonyms:
refine, reclaim, regenerate, chasten, counterbalance, adjust, redress, even out, objurgate, discipline, castigate, correct, decline, right, reform, even up, amend, chastise, compensate, sort out, even off, remedy, repair, make up, remediate, slump, setrectifyverb
convert into direct current
"rectify alternating current"
Synonyms:
repair, reform, correct, regenerate, reclaim, refine, remedy, amend, remediate, right
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List of paraphrases for "rectify":
correct, remedy, redress, refinish, address, rectification, honing, regularize, correcting, corrective, hone, fix
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#189 | set | |
#234 | right | |
#249 | address | |
#311 | down | |
#495 | better | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1837 | advance | |
#1847 | correct | |
#1864 | resort | |
#2034 | doctor | |
#2464 | fix | |
#3345 | reform | |
#4835 | polish | |
#5397 | refine | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5701 | restore | |
#6356 | recover | |
#6635 | adjust | |
#7436 | amend | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8383 | renew | |
#11761 | regulate | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#13548 | corrective | |
#13778 | relieve | |
#15260 | compensate | |
#18229 | correcting | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#20190 | quicken | |
#22636 | reclaim | |
#22879 | tame | |
#23117 | revive | |
#23960 | cleanse | |
#24417 | indemnify | |
#26041 | recreate | |
#26478 | redress | |
#26982 | animate | |
#28042 | remodel | |
#28323 | slump | |
#28390 | hone | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#32067 | straighten | |
#32860 | regenerate | |
#33156 | mend | |
#34586 | complicate | |
#36089 | renovate | |
#36357 | purify | |
#37737 | revitalize | |
#38815 | rearrange | |
#46816 | rectification | |
#47016 | bushel | |
#48305 | rejuvenate | |
#51994 | honing | |
#60127 | ameliorate | |
#61208 | recompense | |
#67974 | counterbalance | |
#68871 | refinish | |
#77777 | remediate | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#115030 | repossess | |
#153865 | emend | |
#171345 | regularize | |
#182964 | domesticate | |
#184683 | castigate | |
#246567 | chasten | |
#247030 | reanimate |
How to use rectify in a sentence?
I just feel like this woman was denied access to a library and a book, i just wanted the opportunity to rectify that, not just for her but for us as the library system.
We are mindful there is much more to be done to uplift the standard of our employee welfare and promise to rectify shortcomings immediately.
I attempted to appropriately cite and acknowledge all sources in `America the Beautiful,' but inadvertently missed some, i apologize, and I am working with my editors to rectify the situation.
I feel good, the race was strong for me in Austria last year and my qualifying is better this year so I plan to take that there and try to rectify the loss I had last year.
I don't know Mr. Scooter Libby, but for years I have heard that Scooter Libby has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of Scooter Libby life.
Translations for rectify
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- تصحيحArabic
- opravitCzech
- retteDanish
- korrigierenGerman
- ĝustigiEsperanto
- rectificarSpanish
- اصلاح کردنPersian
- korjata, tasasuunnata, puhdistaa, tislata, oikaistaFinnish
- rectifierFrench
- ceartaighIrish
- सुधारनेHindi
- helyesbíteniHungarian
- memperbaikiIndonesian
- rettificareItalian
- לְתַקֵןHebrew
- 正すJapanese
- corrigereLatin
- amelioreren, rectificeren, herzien, rechtzetten, amenderen, corrigerenDutch
- rette oppNorwegian
- poprawić, poprawiaćPolish
- retificarPortuguese
- corecta, rectificaRomanian
- исправить, исправлятьRussian
- korrigera, likriktaSwedish
- சரிகட்டTamil
- düzeltmekTurkish
- اصلاحUrdu
- khắc phụcVietnamese
- 纠正Chinese
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