Defenition of the word rectify
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Defenition of the word rectify
- To correct or amend something; set straight or right.
- set straight or right
- convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
- make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
- set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"
- math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
- convert into direct current
- make right or correct
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- math: determine the length of
Synonyms for the word rectify
Hyponyms for the word rectify
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- amend
- debug
- moralise
- moralize
- rectify
- remediate
- remedy
- repair
Hypernyms for the word rectify
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- alter
- ascertain
- change
- change by reversal
- commute
- convert
- correct
- determine
- distill
- exchange
- find
- find out
- make pure
- modify
- purify
- rectify
- reverse
- right
- sublimate
- turn
Antonyms for the word rectify
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