correct in WordNet English dictionary

1. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
   "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
   adjust  set  correct 
   
2. censure severely
   "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
   chastise  castigate  objurgate  chasten  correct 
   
3. make reparations or amends for
   "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
   right  compensate  redress  correct 
   
4. adjust for
   "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
   compensate  counterbalance  correct  make up  even out  even off  even up 
   
5. treat a defect
   "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
   correct 
   
6. make right or correct
   "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
   correct  rectify  right 
   
7. go down in value
   "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
   decline  slump  correct 
   
8. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
   "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
   discipline  correct  sort out 
   

1. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
   "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
   correct  right 
   
2. correct in opinion or judgment
   "time proved him right"
   right  correct 
   
3. socially right or correct
   "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior"
   correct  right 
   
4. in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
   "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters"
   correct  right