Cor‐rep″tion (k?r–r?p″sh?n), n. [L. correptio, fr. corripere to seize.] Chiding; reproof; reproach.
Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.
Hammond.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.