rectify

Verb

• convert into direct current
  • rectify alternating current
    

• make right or correct
  • Correct the mistakes
    
  • rectify the calculation
    

• set straight or right
  • remedy these deficiencies
    
  • rectify the inequities in salaries
    
  • repair an oversight
    

• 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
    

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
  • refine sugar
    

• math: determine the length of
  • rectify a curve
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  correct , right , remediate , remedy , repair , amend , reform , reclaim , regenerate , refine