CORRECTIONS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("corrections" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Meaning:

The department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

Example:

for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections

Synonyms:

corrections; department of corrections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("corrections" is a kind of...):

department of local government; local department (a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government)