'Corrective' definitions:

Definition of 'corrective'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" [syn: corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal]
adjective
Tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
noun
A device for treating injury or disease [syn: corrective, restorative]

Definition of 'Corrective'

From: GCIDE
  • Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. [1913 Webster]
  • Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." --Holdsworth. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Corrective'

From: GCIDE
  • Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\, n.
  • 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. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'corrective'

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