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English adjective: corrective

1. corrective designed to promote discipline


SamplesThe teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional.
Disciplinal measures.
The mother was stern and disciplinary.


Synonymsdisciplinal, disciplinary


Similarnonindulgent, strict


Antonymsindulgent

2. corrective tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition


SamplesCorrective measures.
Corrective lenses.


Similarbettering


Antonymsworsening


English noun: corrective

1. corrective (artifact) a device for treating injury or disease


Synonymsrestorative


Broader (hypernym)device


Narrower (hyponym)face pack, pack, pack, pick-me-up, pickup, prosthesis, prosthetic device









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