Verb (used with object) : The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight. ,The teacher corrected the examination papers. ,Should parents correct their children in public? ,The medication will correct stomach acidity.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : a correct answer. ,correct behavior.    From Dictionary.com. 

"overcorrect" in the opposite direction, trying to make sure their children don't have the same experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lahontan Valley News - Top Stories] Reference

You never artificially overcorrect a Market before it's bottomed out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush speaks.] Reference

So the filmmakers do occasionally succumb to the temptation to overcorrect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lives of Others] Reference

She reminded him of a person speaking a foreign language, overcorrect and stiff.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Laird Who Loved Me] Reference

The big risk we face now is that banks are going to overcorrect and not take enough risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Art Levine: Geithner's New Plan: Keep Backing Risky Investments, Paying Banks NOT to Lend] Reference

But could it be more prudent to overcorrect, and to look to Iraq as minimally as possible?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parallel Lines | ATTACKERMAN] Reference

People who overcorrect "and I" are usually trying too hard/don't understand basic grammar.    From Wordnik.com.  [That poor, poor waiter.] Reference

Entering the first turn and then he tried to overcorrect and he flipped, not once but twice.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2008] Reference

If you ever get stuck in a situation like that, you know full well it's important not to overcorrect.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2008] Reference

In this case, you say the computers sort of take over and intervene and don't allow the pilot to overcorrect?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference

Try to overcorrect the contracture so that it will rest easily at a (90°) right angle when the cast is removed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

The market, "in its natural state of unrelenting self-destruction, its tendency to bubble, then to overcorrect.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketing into a Meltdown] Reference

When us humans come out of a suboptimal experience, we tend to overcorrect in the opposite direction in our next experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lanny Davis: When We Pendulum] Reference

So if you overcorrect, get ready to tilt the wrong way.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNET News.com] Reference

Analysts say the market will likely overcorrect before it improves.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference

Or a lot of times people overcorrect themselves and hit an embankment.    From Wordnik.com.  [News/local from www.dailyamerican.com] Reference

"I think it's very common in any industry to overcorrect," Levine said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joystiq] Reference

And as you may know, busts typically overcorrect themselves after bubbles.    From Wordnik.com.  [broadstuff] Reference

And, one would think, a certain interest in making sure we don't overcorrect, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jihad Monitor] Reference

However, "the really bad news is that great bubbles in history always overcorrect.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mathaba Highlights Briefing] Reference

We don't want to overcorrect … which seems to be human nature … doesn't make it right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Calvinist] Reference

He still emphasized that governments must "resist the temptation to overcorrect" market functions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

He says the car apparently slipped off the edge of the pavement, causing the driver to overcorrect.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

I was lucky to catch it, and even luckier not to overcorrect. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Genellan- Planetfall]

But "typically bubbles overcorrect by quite a bit, possibly by 20%.    From Wordnik.com.  [The October Surprise - Global Panic] Reference

I always tend to overcorrect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference

Don't overcorrect wonderful Bissage.    From Wordnik.com.  ["I'm sending you a rainbow from the edge of my sink."] Reference

But then thats what markets do, they overcorrect.    From Wordnik.com.  [broadstuff] Reference

"typically bubbles overcorrect by quite a bit, possibly by 20\%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mathaba Highlights Briefing] Reference

People reach the same - overcorrect, "Recke said.    From Wordnik.com.  [courierpress.com Stories] Reference