corrective

Noun · Adjective
US/kɚˈɛktɪv/3 syllables
Synonyms: restorativedisciplinarydisciplinal

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a device for treating injury or diseaseSynonyms: restorativeType of deviceKinds pickup, pack, prosthesis

Adjective (2)

  1. designed to promote discipline“the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional”“disciplinal measures”“the mother was stern and disciplinary”Synonyms: disciplinarydisciplinalOpposite indulgentSimilar nonindulgent, strict
  2. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition“corrective measures”“corrective lenses”Opposite worseningSimilar bettering

Related words discipline verb, chasten verb, counterbalance verb, set verb, correct verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cor·rect′ive (k?rr-r?k′t?v), adjective

Origin: Cf. F. correctif.

1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali.— John Arbuthnot

2. Qualifying; limiting. “The Psalmist interposeth... this corrective particle.” Richard Holdsworth

Cor·rect′ive noun

1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Edmund Burke

2. Limitation; restriction. obsolete Sir Matt. Hale

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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