Rectify

Definition: Rectify

Rectify

Verb

1. Set straight or right.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rectify" was first used: 1392. (references)

Synonyms: Rectify

Improvement

Improve upon, refine upon; rectify; enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten.

Restoration

Make whole, redintegrate; recoup; make good, make all square; rectify, correct; put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight; set up; put in order; (arrange); refit, recruit; fill up, fill up the ranks; reinforce.

Straightness

Render straight, straighten, rectify; set straight, put straight; unbend, unfold, uncurl; unravel; unwrap.

Crosswords: Rectify

This is what I'm gonna do. I am going to take the Christmas dog show off my calendar and take you shopping and rectify this situation (Roswell; writing credit: Ronald D. Moore; Gretchen J. Berg)

I am going to rectify certain inequities (Spider-Man; writing credit: Stan Lee; Steve Ditko)

Lordwhatever I've done to piss you offif you could just get me out of this and somehow let me know what it was I promise to rectify the situation (Maverick; writing credit: William Goldman)

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Business

Deteriorating water reticulation systems (leak detection and repair) is a major source for water wastage, in particular systems installed in the major metropolitan areas longer than 30 years ago. Opportunities exist for equipment to address and rectify this problem. (references)

Economic History

Japan

The OECD has identified deficiencies in Japan's implementing legislation, which the Government of Japan has committed to rectify. (references)

Pakistan

It is a common practice for end-users to demand a guarantee that the supplier will respond to questions or rectify faults in the equipment within a specified period of time. (references)

Human Rights

Sweden

The official government ombudsmen publicize abuses of state authority and may initiate actions to rectify such abuses. (references)

Political Economy

HUNGARY

The United States has urged Hungary to rectify this situation at every possible opportunity. (references)

Political Rights

Ethiopia

In the Somali region prior to the August 2000 elections, thousands of ballots were reprinted to rectify the fact that a female opposition candidate had not been listed despite having met NEB requirements for candidate registration. (references)

Women

Yemen

In July the NWC, in a legal reform project financed by the World Bank, completed a 6 month review of 58 significant national laws to find and rectify provisions that discriminated against women or violated equal status requirements agreed to by the Government in international conventions. (references)

Worker Rights

Nepal

Although the law authorizes labor officers to order employers to rectify unsafe conditions, enforcement of safety standards remains minimal. (references)

Qatar

The Government also penalizes citizen employers who severely violate residence and sponsorship laws by prohibiting them from importing labor until they rectify the situation. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "rectify": to rectify ♦ To rectify a globe. Additional references.

Albanian

rafinoj (polish, rarefy, refine), radrizoj, pastroj (abrade, char, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear up, defecate, depurate, deterge, eliminate, grub, gut, lustrate, pick, purge, rarefy, refine, scavenge, scour, scrub, sweep, try), ndreq (adjust, arrange, change, clear, correct, dispose, dress, fix up, make amends, mend, piece, redress, refit, reform, reinstate, remake, remedy, repair, revise, spruce up, Square, straighten, tidy up, touch up, tune up), korrigjoj (blue pencil, correct, emend, make amends, re establish, readjust, rearrange, reclaim, red pencil, reform, repair, retouch, retrieve, straighten, vet), drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, align, Aline, bend, boss, canalize, Cann, carry on, chair, channel, command, con, conduct, direct, drive, funnel, govern, guide, head, keep, lead, level, manage, navigate, operate, order, pilot, point, preside, refer, rein, relegate, rule, set, shirk, shoot, show, shunt, superintend, supervise, tend, train, unbend, vector). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كرر (do again, duplicate, echo, exalt, hammer out, iterate, redouble, reduplicate, refine, rehearse, reiterate, renew, repeat, say again), ‏نقح (blue pencil, emend, expurgate, file, refine, retouch, revise, touch up), ‏قوم (adjust, appraise, assess, calibrate, correct, esteem, estimate, evaluate, folk, guess, horde, measure, nation, people, prize, rate, reckon, reform, straighten, value), ‏قطر الكحول, ‏تدارك (obviate, redress), ‏عين طول قوس المنحنى, ‏عالج (address, cover, cure, deal, debug, doctor, dose, fix, handle, heal, manage, medicine, pack, process, remedy, treat), ‏عدل (adjust, alter, amend, arrange, blue pencil, commute, equal, equate, erect, evenness, fairness, fashion, fix, justice, justness, mend, modify, modulate, overhaul, qualify, reason, recast, reclaim, redress, regulate, remodel, reshuffle, retrofit, revise, right, righteousness, rightness, shuffle, straighten, temper), ‏صحح (correct, debug, edit, emend, mend, revise, right, subedit), ‏أصلح (amend, fix, mend, overhaul, pacify, piece, reclaim, recondition, redeem, redress, refit, reform, rehabilitate, renovate, repair, retrieve, rig, right, see, set right). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сверявам (check, correct, regulate, synchronize), коригирам (adjust, amend, correct, red pencil), определям дължината на, нагласявам (focalize, instal, install, orchestrate, piece together, put up, redress, set), пречиствам (baptize, defecate, filtrate, purify, rarefy, scavenge, scrub, spiritualize, sublimate, subtilize), поправям (adjust, alter, amend, blue pencil, castigate, cobble, correct, do up, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, mend, polish, recast, recondition, redeem, redress, remedy, renovate, repair, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revise, service, true, vamp), изправям (detect, erect, peak, planish, put up, raise, remedy, repair, right, righten, set right, stand up, straighten, true, uncurl, unkink). (various references)

Chinese 

補偏救弊 (remedy defects and rectify errors), 矫正 (Corrective, rectified, Rectifying, remedial), 矯 (dissemble), 整� " (consolidate, reorganize). (various references)

Czech

rektifikovat, zlepšit (ameliorate, better, brighten up, enhance, jazz, reform, uplift), opravit (amend, correct, emend, fix, improve, mend, recondition, refit, renovate, repair, retouch, revise, touch up), korigovat (correct, revise). (various references)

Danish

revidere (revise), rette (correct), korrigere afgoerelserne,saafremt de ikke er i overensstemmelse med kriterierne (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), ikke korrigere afgørelse (not to rectify its decision), genskabe ligevaegten (to rectify the situation), berigtigelse af åbenbare urigtigheder (rectify obvious slips). (various references)

Dutch

herzien (revise), herstellen van kennelijke onnauwkeurigheden (rectify obvious slips), de toestand wederom in evenwicht brengen (to rectify the situation), de besluiten herzien,indien zij niet aan de criteria voldoen (to rectify any decisions which do not conform to the criteria), de beslissing niet herzien (not to rectify its decision), corrigeren (correct). (various references)

Farsi 

تصحیح کردن (Emend, Emendate, Refine), جبران کردن (Atone, Compensate, Gratify, Offset, Reciprocate, Recoup, Redress, Reimburse, Remedy, Repair, Retrieve), برطرف کردن (Acquit, Dispel, Eliminate, Loose, Remove, Surmount). (various references)

Finnish

suoristaa (straighten), oikoa (set right, straighten), oikaista (correct, lie down, put right, straighten, stretch oneself, take somebody up), korjata (amend, correct, do up, fix, harvest, mark, mend, put right, repair). (various references)

French

rectifier (to rectify). (various references)

German

richtigstellen (correct, to rectify), gleichrichten (commutate, recitify, to commutate, to recitify, to rectify). (various references)

Greek 

επανορθώνω (make up, put right, redress, remedy, retrieve), επανορθώ (reclaim, redress, rehabilitate, retrieve, right), ανορθώ, διορθώνω (amend, correct, emend, fix, mend, put right, refit, repair, to correct, touch up). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתקן (mend, modify, overhaul, refit, repair, rule, set right, trim). (various references)

Hungarian

kiigazít (to correct, to realign, to rectify, to true, to true up), helyesbít (adjust, correct, to amend, to correct, to rectify). (various references)

Indonesian

meralat, membetulkan (repair, straighten). (various references)

Italian

rettificare (amend, correct, grind), emendare (adjust, amend, correct, emend, improve, revise), correggere (adjust, amend, correct, correct oneself, edit, emend, mend, pep up, revise, straighten). (various references)

Pig Latin

ectifyray.(various references)

Portuguese

retificar (adjust, correct, emend), refinar (defecate, depurate, distil, distill, fine, purify, refine), purificar (chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, defecate, depurate, distil, distill, elutriate, fine, purge, purify, rarefy, reconcile, refine, scrub, sweeten, wash), emendar (amend, emend, redress, revise, splice), corrigir (amend, blue-pencil, break, chasten, emend, mend, reclaim, refine, reform, retouch, revise, set right, vet), ajustar (accomodate, adapt, agree on, attune, bargain, close, compromise, contract, fettle, fit, fix, level, make a contract, make up, mount, place, put right, put up, regulate, settle, suit, tune). (various references)

Romanian

repara (cobble, darn, doctor, fix, fix up, make amends for, make good, mend, overhaul, piece, readjust, reclaim, redress, reduce, refit, renovate, repair, retrieve), rectifica (correct, righten), storna, purifica (chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, defecate, make clean, purge, purify, sanctify, still, sublimate), potrivi (accommodate, accord, adapt, adjust, arrange, correct, dovetail, fit, fit in, match, put, reconcile, register, regulate, reset, shape, smooth, Square, trim, trim in), detecta (detect), corecta (castigate, correct, emend, improve, mend, read, reclaim, redress, review, revise, right). (various references)

Russian 

исправлять (amend, amending, correct, emend, fix, mend, re establish, readjust, reclaim, rectifying, redeem, redress, red-short, remedy, repair, retrieve, revise). (various references)

Scottish

leasaich (correct, cultivate, improve, manure). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pretvoriti (convert, transmute), prečistiti (percolate, purify, refine), ispraviti (amend, redress, revise, set right, set straight, straighten, unbend, uncurl, untwist). (various references)

Spanish

rectificar (amend, correct, emend, redress, right). (various references)

Swedish

rätta (accommodate, adjust, amend, correct, emend, fix, gear, repair, straight). (various references)

Turkish

uzunluğunu ölçmek, taşlamak (lapidate, pelt, satirize, stone), doğrultmak (aim, Orient, orientate, Plumb, point, present, range, right, straighten, train, true up, unbend, uncross, up with), doğru akıma çevirmek, damıtarak arıtmak, düzeltmek (adjust, ameliorate, amend, arrange, better, clean up, correct, dub, emend, face-lift, fix, grade, grade up, haul up, heal, improve, justify, level, level off, level out, meliorate, mend, plane, planish, polish, polish up, reclaim, redress, refine, reform, regenerate, remedy, reorganize, right, set aright, slick, smooth, smooth away, smooth down, smooth out, smooth over, Spruce, spruce up, Square, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, trim, try out, unbend, unscramble, upgrade). (various references)

Turkmen 

dьzetmek.Turkmen/English Dictionary 107. (various references)

Ukrainian

виправляти (amend, beet, better, castigate, chasten, correct, emend, oversee, re establish, reclaim, redress, reform, remedy, retrieve, touch up), очищати (alcoholize, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, defecate, depurate, deterge, fine, outwash, purge, purify, rarefy, refine, scale, weed), налагодити. (various references)

Welsh

unioni (adjust, make for, straighten). (various references)

rectus. (various references)

rectificare. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "rectify": rectifying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rectify" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ertify, recitfy, recktify, rectfy, recti, rockify, Roecliffe, russify. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: certify.

-1 letter: ferity.

-2 letters: citer, fiery, recti, refit, reify, trice.

-3 letters: cire, cite, city, etic, fice, fire, fret, frit, fyce, reft, reif, rice, rife, rift, rite, tier, tire, tref, trey, tyer, tyre, yeti.

-4 letters: cry, eft, fer, fet, fey, fie, fir, fit, fry, ice, icy, ire, rec, ref, rei, ret, rif, rye, tic, tie, try, tye.

+1 letter: feracity, ferocity.

+2 letters: decertify, electrify, recertify.

+3 letters: certifying, precertify, rectifying.

+4 letters: certifiably, countryfied, factorylike, imperfectly.

+5 letters: decertifying, electrifying, frenetically, interfaculty, perfectively, perfectivity, proficiently, recertifying, reflectively, reflectivity, refractively, refractivity, refractorily, terrifically.