Dictionary definition · rectify
verb
- determine the length of"rectify a curve"
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities"refine sugar"
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one"The Church reformed me"
- set straight or right"remedy these deficiencies"
- make right or correct"Correct the mistakes"
- convert into direct current"rectify alternating current"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).