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corrective

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cor·rec·tive  (k-rktv)
adj.
Tending or intended to correct: corrective lenses.
n.
An agent that corrects.
cor·rective·ly adv.
corrective [kəˈrɛktɪv]
adj
tending or intended to correct
n
something that tends or is intended to correct
correctively  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.correctivecorrective - a device for treating injury or disease
restorative
device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
pack - a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
face pack, pack - a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
pick-me-up, pickup - anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
prosthesis, prosthetic device - corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
Adj.1.corrective - designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
disciplinal, disciplinary
nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
2.corrective - tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
bettering - changing for the better
corrective
adjective
1. remedial, therapeutic, palliative, restorative, rehabilitative He has received extensive corrective surgery to his skull.
2. disciplinary, punitive, penal, reformatory He was placed in a corrective institution for children.
Translations
corrective [kəˈrektɪv]
A. ADJ → correctivo
B. N → correctivo m
C. CPD corrective glasses NPL → gafas fpl correctoras
corrective surgery N → cirugía f correctiva
corrective
adj → korrigierend; to take corrective action → korrigierend eingreifen; to have corrective surgery → sich einem korrigierenden Eingriff unterziehen
n (Pharm, fig) → Korrektiv nt
corrective [kəˈrɛktɪv]
1. adj (surgery) → correttivo/a
2. n → correttivo
corrective [kəˈrɛktɪv]
1. adj (surgery) → correttivo/a
2. n → correttivo


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I believe I made a mistake in beginning to write them, anyway I have felt ashamed all the time I've been writing this story; so it's hardly literature so much as a corrective punishment.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
When a young gentleman like Dunsey is reduced to so exceptional a mode of locomotion as walking, a whip in his hand is a desirable corrective to a too bewildering dreamy sense of unwontedness in his position; and Dunstan, as he went along through the gathering mist, was always rapping his whip somewhere.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
Bulstrode; "but trial, my dear sir, is our portion here, and is a needed corrective.
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