Definition of 'corrective'

Noun

1. a device for treating injury or disease
      Synonyms: restorative

Adjective

1. designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
      Synonyms: disciplinary disciplinal
2. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"

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