amend

/ə-ˈmend/

Middle English, from Anglo-French amender, modification of Latin emendare, from e, ex out + menda fault; akin to Latin mendax lying, mendicus beggar, and perhaps to Sanskrit mindā physical defect

verb

  1. to put right; especially : to make emendations in (something, such as a text)

  2. to change or modify (something) for the better : improve

  3. to alter especially in phraseology; especially : to alter formally by modification, deletion, or addition

correct rectify emend remedy redress amend reform revise mean to make right what is wrong. correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects. rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed.