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corrective

/kəˈɹɛktɪv/

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What does corrective mean?

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.

noun

  1. Something that corrects or counteracts something.
More meanings (2)

adjective

  1. (obsolete) Qualifying; limiting.

noun

  1. (obsolete) Limitation; restriction.

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IPA pronunciation

/kəˈɹɛktɪv/

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Beula showed such delinquent tendencies after a time that she had to be sent to a corrective institution.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
The fourth effort serves as a corrective to the three others, it is their conditio sine quâ non.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946
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A very fine sherbet can be made from the fruit, which acts as an excellent corrective and stomachic.
James InglisSport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo PlanterProject Gutenberg ebook #10818
Charcoal has corrective influence in absorbing some substances which might make the soil sour or otherwise inhospitable to plants.
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152