English to English
adjective
- Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a device for treating injury or disease
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- designed to promote discipline
The teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional.
Disciplinal measures.
The mother was stern and disciplinary.
source: WordNet 3.0
- tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
Corrective measures.
Corrective lenses.
source: WordNet 3.0
