a. | 1. | |
1. | Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; | |
2. | Qualifying; limiting. | |
n. | 1. | That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; |
2. | Limitation; restriction. |
Noun | 1. | corrective - a device for treating injury or disease Synonyms: restorative |
Adj. | 1. | corrective - designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" Synonyms: disciplinal, disciplinary |
2. | corrective - tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses" |