Corrective

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tending or intended to correct: corrective lenses.
  • n. An agent that corrects.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
  • n. Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability
  • n. limitation; restriction
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify.
  • adj. Qualifying; limiting.
  • n. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious.
  • n. Limitation; restriction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the power to correct; having the quality of removing or counteracting what is wrong, erroneous, or injurious; tending to rectify: as, corrective penalties.
  • n. That which has the power of correcting or amending; that which has the quality of removing or counteracting what is wrong or injurious: as, alkalis are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct.
  • n. Limitation; restriction.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
  • n. a device for treating injury or disease
  • adj. designed to promote discipline
    • Equivalent
    bettering    nonindulgent    strict   
    Cross Reference
    punitive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    qualifying    limiting    limitation    restriction    counteractive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    affective    anti-infective    collective    connective    convective   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    remedial    therapeutic    preventive    disciplinary    drastic   
     
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