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A punishment that insists it's just feedback with extra steps.
means Something designed to fix a problem or correct a fault, often used as a euphemism for punishment dressed up as help.
from From Latin 'corrigere' — 'to make straight, to amend' (com- 'together' + regere 'to lead straight, to rule'). The same root that gives us 'correct' and 'rectify.' 'Regere' is also kin to 'regal' and 'regular' — all of them about straightness and rule. The word has always carried that double edge: to correct is to straighten what's crooked, but who decides what counts as crooked has usually held the whip.
- etymology
- from Latin corrigere, to make straight
- workplace use
- softens discipline into sounding like growth
- red flag
- often precedes a firing, not a fix
- tone trick
- sounds caring, means mandatory