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overcorrection

n. The correction of something to an excessive degree.

Usage examples of "overcorrection".

Correction or overcorrection involves an agreement to make up for breaking the rules in your self-improvement plan.

A group of civilians caromed out with the spastic overcorrections of folk who thought of gravity, not inertia, when they moved.

This was more like the constant overcorrections of a novice driver, for the Tortoise indeed seemed to be hunting for some proper path.

The tractor switchbacked down the hill through the barren fields as Chip kept frantically overcorrecting his overcorrections.