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English to English adjective
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Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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designed to promote discipline | | Example: the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
disciplinal measures
the mother was stern and disciplinary
source: wordnet30
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tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition | | Example: corrective measures
corrective lenses
source: wordnet30 noun
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a device for treating injury or disease | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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