Corrective

Definition:

  • (a.) Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
  • (a.) Qualifying; limiting.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Limitation; restriction.

Compare corrective with other words:

corrective vs. emendatory

corrective vs. corrigible

corrective vs. rectification

corrective vs. corrigent

corrective vs. restriction

corrective vs. limitation

corrective vs. disability

corrective vs. injury

corrective vs. counteract

correction vs. corrective

corrective vs. fix