What is the meaning of corrective?

noun

  • A device for treating injury or disease.

adjective

  • Designed to promote discipline.
    • usage: "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
  • Tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition.
    • usage: "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
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