Meaning of திருத்தம் in English

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
Correction of an error in a writ or process.
The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.
The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement.
That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.
Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.
An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction.
Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.
Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
Qualifying; limiting.
That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct.
Limitation; restriction.
Containing or making correction; corrective.
A woman who corrects.
Chiding; reproof; reproach.
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
A building or edifice.
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.
That which is made by revising.
Of or pertaining to revision; revisory.