Antonyms for rectify

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rek-tuh-fahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ

Definition of rectify

Origin : c.1400, from Old French rectifier, literally "to make straight" (14c.), from Late Latin rectificare "make right," from Latin rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Rectified; rectifying.

verb correct a situation; make something right

Example sentences :

My conduct must then have a faulty appearance at least, and I will endeavour to rectify it.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Mistakes are hard to rectify after a fatal volley has been fired.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson

He discovered the mistake when it was too late to rectify it.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

However, he saw his mistake in an instant and tried to rectify it.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

Is there a confusion in the figure, he advances to rectify it with a chass rigadoon.
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

Then we must go to him with our titles, and he must rectify it to-morrow.
Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall

I'd have liked to get at the chimneys, but I'd have had to pull down every cottage in the place to rectify them.
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

If so, rectify the error by straightening it and then put it in place.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting » by Eugene E. Hall

Annie blushed as she perceived his mistake, and hastened to rectify it.
Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton

To forbid, to prevent, to rectify any interplanetary or interstellar aggression.
Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith

Synonyms for rectify

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