correctional

correctional

adjective

Definition of CORRECTIONAL

inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment <threatened to take correctional measures if the household chores were not done> <the state's largest correctional institution>

Synonyms castigating, chastening, chastising, correcting, correctional, corrective, disciplinary, disciplining, penal, penalizing

Related Words retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, revengeful; vengeful, wrathful

Near Antonyms compensatory; acquitting, exculpating, exculpatory, exonerating, vindicating; absolving, condoning, pardoning, remitting; commuting, reprieving

Antonyms nonpunitive