house+of+correction
11house of correction — noun A residential penitentiary facility, an institution where criminals or wayward people (notably youth) are sent to have their ways corrected trough a penal regime officially intended to reeducate them …
12house of correction — institution for the confinement and reform of persons convicted of minor offenses …
13house of correction — noun historical an institution where vagrants and minor offenders were confined and set to work …
14house of correction — Bridewell, workhouse, prison for petty offenders …
15house of correction — noun (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences • Hypernyms: ↑jail, ↑jailhouse, ↑gaol, ↑clink, ↑slammer, ↑poky, ↑pokey …
16Maryland House of Correction — Coordinates: 39°08′37″N 76°46′39″W / 39.143735°N 76.777429°W / 39.143735; 76.777429 The Mar …
17Correction — Cor*rec tion (k?r r?k sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. [1913 Webster] The due correction of …
18Correction line — Correction Cor*rec tion (k?r r?k sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. [1913 Webster] The due… …
19correction — mid 14c., action of correcting, from O.Fr. correccion (13c.) correction, amendment; punishment, rebuke, from L. correctionem (nom. correctio), noun of action from correct , pp. stem of corrigere (see CORRECT (Cf. correct)). Meaning chastisement… …
20correction — cor·rec·tion n 1: a decline in market price or business activity following and counteracting a rise 2: the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, and probation often used in pl.… …
