correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)
correctional facility (for juveniles); juvenile detention centre (center); reformatory
(scrutinizing) carefully; (examining) thoroughly; (looking at) closely
to straighten; to bend into shape; to correct (faults, bad habits, etc.); to reform (bad character, conduct, etc.); to take aim at; to sight (with one eye closed)
radical; extreme; eccentric
orthodontia; orthodontics
affectation; pretense; pretence
to set up again; to correct; to cure
reformatory; house of correction
vision correcting surgery
to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; (lit.) to straighten the horns and kill the cow
to set up again; to correct; to cure
correctional officer; corrections officer
(scrutinizing) carefully; (examining) thoroughly; (looking at) closely
trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; the cure is worse than the disease
taste masking agent; flavoring substance
lingual braces (dentistry)
orthodontics; orthodontia
lingual orthodontics (e.g. braces)