RECTION | • rection n. (Grammar, archaic) regimen; government; the rules governing the syntax, rules of agreement of a language. • RECTION n. syntactical government, i.e. the influence of one word over another in determining the case of a noun, the mood of a verb, etc. |
ERECTION | • erection n. (Uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something. • erection n. (Countable) Anything erected or built. • erection n. (Uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution… |
DIRECTION | • direction n. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination… • direction n. A general trend for future action. • direction n. Guidance, instruction. |
CORRECTION | • correction n. The act of correcting. • correction n. A substitution for an error or mistake. • correction n. (Chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. |
PORRECTION | • porrection n. The act of stretching forth. • PORRECTION n. the act of stretching forth. |
CODIRECTION | • codirection n. (Uncountable) The joint direction of a film, organization, venture, etc. • codirection n. (Countable, mathematics) An equation for a hyperplane in the tangent space modulo a factor that is a… • codirection n. (Uncountable, mathematics) Colinearity. |
INDIRECTION | • indirection n. A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness. • indirection n. (Programming) Use of a variable or object through its address. • indirection n. An indirect action or process. |
REDIRECTION | • redirection n. The act of setting a new direction. • redirection n. (Internet) The automated process of taking a user to a location other than the one selected. • REDIRECTION n. the act of redirecting. |
INSURRECTION | • insurrection n. (Uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government… • INSURRECTION n. an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government. |
MISDIRECTION | • misdirection n. An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction. • misdirection n. (UK, law) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly… • MISDIRECTION n. a wrong direction. |
PILOERECTION | • piloerection n. The erection of hairs or papillae. • piloerection n. Goose bumps; goose pimples. |
RESURRECTION | • resurrection n. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again. • resurrection n. (Archaic) bodysnatching. • Resurrection prop.n. (Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
MISCORRECTION | • miscorrection n. An erroneous correction; a mistake in correcting a previous mistake. • MISCORRECTION n. a wrong correction. |
OVERCORRECTION | • overcorrection n. The correction of something to an excessive degree. • OVERCORRECTION n. excessive correction. |
HYPERCORRECTION | • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule. • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) A nonstandard form so used. • HYPERCORRECTION n. a grammatical, usage or pronunciation mistake made by 'correcting' something that's right to begin with. |