Alternative form of hypercorrectness

(politics) Possessing or conforming to the correct political positions; following the official policies of the government or a political party.

(transitive) To modify in a way that is more respectful to minorities. / (transitive) To modify in a way that conforms more to the official position of a government or political party.

(idiomatic) To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.

plural of corrections officer

A jailer.

plural of correcting fluid

An opaque fast-drying liquid used to cover a mistake written or typed on a piece of paper.

(astronomy) The difference between the bolometric magnitude and visual magnitude of a star

A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.