DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
   Synonym(s)
   • corrections (what does corrections mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
   Hypernyms(s) department of corrections is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • local department (what does local department mean?)
   • department of local government (what does department of local government mean?)