corrections

Noun corrections has 2 senses

• corrections(n = noun.group) department of corrections - the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders; "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"
is a kind of department of local government, local department

• corrections(n = noun.act) - the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole;
is a kind of social control