corrective
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of corrective
1525–35; (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin corrēctīvus. See correct, -ive
Example Sentences
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As the court’s majority acknowledged in Obergefell, its eventual, corrective ruling in favor of the freedom to marry came only after extensive “democratic discourse”:
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
The AQMD’s legal department will work to reach a settlement agreement with a financial penalty and corrective actions related to the violations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The council added it had "already taken corrective action" and asked anyone who still needed a ticket rescinded to email.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The answers come in Rowan Jacobsen’s “In Defense of Sunlight,” a corrective to the claim that the sun is something to be shunned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
He was doing nothing less now, he thought, than prescribing corrective lenses for Earthling souls.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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