corrective

[ kuh-rek-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. tending to correct or rectify; remedial: corrective exercises.

noun
  1. a means of correcting; corrective agent.

Origin of corrective

1
1525–35; (<Anglo-French ) <Medieval Latin corrēctīvus.See correct, -ive

Other words from corrective

  • cor·rec·tive·ly, adverb
  • non·cor·rec·tive, adjective, noun
  • non·cor·rec·tive·ly, adverb
  • un·cor·rec·tive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for corrective

corrective

/ (kəˈrɛktɪv) /


adjective
  1. tending or intended to correct

noun
  1. something that tends or is intended to correct

Derived forms of corrective

  • correctively, adverb

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