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Noun: correctness  ku'rekt-nus
  1. Conformity to fact or truth
    - rightness
     
  2. The quality of conformity to social expectations

Derived forms: correctnesses

See also: correct, incorrect, wrong

Type of: correctitude, properness, propriety, quality

Antonym: incorrectness

Encyclopedia: Correctness

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Correggio
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