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correcting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of correcting

inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment

questions the value of such correcting measures as prison sentences for drug addicts

Synonyms of correcting

castigating, chastening, chastising, correctional, corrective, disciplinary, disciplining, penal, penalizing, punitive

Words Related to correcting

retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, revengeful

vengeful, wrathful

Near Antonyms of correcting

acquitting, exculpating, exculpatory, exonerating, vindicating

absolving, condoning, pardoning, remitting

commuting, reprieving

Antonyms of correcting

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