Rectify
(verb)
- To correct or set right; make true, accurate, or conformable to fact.
- To correct or adjust (an error, mistake, etc.).
- To make right or correct (a wrong, injustice, etc.).
Origin:
From latin rectus "right" + -ficare "to make".
Examples:
- The company promised to rectify the mistake in the bill.
- The teacher asked the student to rectify her answer.
- The government took steps to rectify the injustice done to the minority community.
- He has promised to rectify the errors in the manuscript before publication.
- The engineer was asked to rectify the malfunction in the machine.