correptionEtymologyFrom Latin correptio (“seizure”), from corripere (“to seize”).correption means A shortening in pronunciation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA shortening in pronunciation.A chiding, scolding; telling off.“That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.”