correctio

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noun

The amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning.

Similar
epanorthosismetanoia
OriginLatin corrēctiō →
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Meanings

nouncorrectio (uncountable)
  1. rhetoricuncountableThe amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning.

    This syntactic correctio (self-correction) is not so emphatic as to constitute full ambiguity.

    1998, Alastair Fowler, editor, Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets, Second Edition), →ISBN, page 17

    Synonyms: epanorthosis, metanoia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe amending of a statement just made by further detailing the meaning.

Similar
epanorthosismetanoia
Also see
metanoia

Origin

  1. Latincorrēctiō
  2. Englishcorrectio

From Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correction.

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APA

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MLA

“correctio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctio. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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