Definitions for: Corrective

[n] a device for treating injury or disease
[adj] tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
[adj] designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"

Webster (1913) Definition: Cor*rect"ive (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]
1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as,
corrective penalties.

Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious
alkali. --Arbuthnot.

2. Qualifying; limiting. ``The Psalmist interposeth . . .
this corrective particle.'' --Holdsworth.

Cor*rect"ive, n.
1. 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. --Burke.

2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.

Synonyms: bettering, disciplinal, disciplinary, nonindulgent, restorative

See Also: device, face pack, pack, pick-me-up, pickup, prosthesis, prosthetic device

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