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   corrective

   /kəˈrɛktɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable: "management were informed so that corrective action could be taken" Similar remedialtherapeuticrestorativecurativereparatoryreparativerehabilitativeameliorativecorrectionalpunitivepenaldisciplinarydisciplinariancastigatoryreformatoryrare:penitentiarypunitorycastigative

   noun

   • 1. a thing intended to correct or counteract something else: "the move might be a corrective to some inefficient practices within hospitals"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French correctif, -ive or late Latin correctivus, from Latin correct- ‘brought into order’ from the verb corrigere (see correct).

   Derivatives

   • 1. correctively adverb

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     CORRECTIVE meaning: 1. intended to improve a situation: 2....

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     corrective definicja: 1. intended to improve a situation: 2....

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   Corrective definition: tending to correct or rectify; remedial. See examples of CORRECTIVE used in a sentence.

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   tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition. “ corrective measures”. “ corrective lenses”. synonyms: bettering. changing for the better. noun. a device for treating injury or disease. synonyms: restorative.

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