rectify

verb

1. 1

   convert into direct current

   rectify alternating current

2. 2

   make right or correct

   Correct the mistakes

   rectify the calculation

3. 3

   set straight or right

   remedy these deficiencies

   rectify the inequities in salaries

4. 4

   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

5. 5

   reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

   refine sugar

6. 6

   math: determine the length of

   rectify a curve