They wished to correct the boy's behavior, and prevent additional "minor misdemeanours."

Repairing the file permissions will often correct the Mac's behavior.

He was kept out of the Derby, but reportedly has corrected his behavior.

Still, Judge Scheindlin said the department had recently taken several steps to correct its behavior.

She corrects his behavior and tells him what to do, as if he were a child.

After being chastised and asked to correct his behavior, Jesse becomes smitten with her.

Those who will not correct their behavior are excommunicated.

If an authority figure corrects your behavior, does the intervention lead you to push back and make the behavior worse?

She hurried to correct their behavior before he had an opportunity to comment on the fact that they were out of control.

Thus, we do not take steps to correct or prevent our improper behavior.