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corrective
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  1. corrective
  2. corrective justice
  3. self-corrective

cor·rec·tive

adjective \kə-ˈrek-tiv\

Definition of CORRECTIVE

: intended to correct <corrective lenses> <corrective punishment>
— corrective noun
— cor·rec·tive·ly adverb
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Examples of CORRECTIVE

  1. She had corrective surgery on her knee this past summer.
  2. People with bad eyesight usually need to wear corrective lenses, such as eyeglasses or contact lenses.

First Known Use of CORRECTIVE

1531

Related to CORRECTIVE

Synonyms
amendatory, rectifying, remedial, remedying, reformative, reformatory
Antonyms
nonpunitive

Rhymes with CORRECTIVE

advective, affective, bijective, collective, connective, convective, defective, deflective, detective, directive, effective, elective, ejective, infective, inflective, injective, invective, objective, perfective, perspective, projective, protective, reflective, respective, selective, subjective

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