Entry Word: corrective

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition <eyeglasses are called corrective lenses by the department of motor vehicles>

Synonyms rectifying, remedial, remedying, reformative, reformatory

Related Words curative, medicinal, therapeutic; reparative, restorative; beneficial, helpful, salutary, wholesome

2 inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment <a corrective sentence of five years' hard labor> — see punitive