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rectificación

rectification, correction

noun rrehk-tee-fee-kah-SYOHN Rare

Usage Note

Rectificación is the formal act of correcting an error, often in an official or journalistic context — a newspaper rectificación is a published correction. The verb is rectificar. In everyday speech corrección is more common; rectificación carries a more formal or legal register.

Examples

"El diario publicó una rectificación al día siguiente."

Natural Translation

The newspaper published a correction the next day.

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