rectify

About 1.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To heal (an organ or part of the body). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
3. verb To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).

   to rectify the crisis

4. verb To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
5. verb To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
6. verb To correct (someone who is mistaken).
7. verb To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
8. verb To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

Similar words

remedy amend remedial remediate redress repair cure recover corrective reinstate

Often followed by

the this it any a them their these that

Word family

rectification rectifications rectified rectifies rectifying