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corrective
- /kəˈɹɛktɪv/ Canada, US, UK
- /kəˈɹektɪv/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɛktɪv
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French correctif, equivalent to correct + -ive.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct. As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes.
- Qualifying; limiting. The Psalmist interposeth a caution in this corrective particle, Yea, Happy. It hath the force of a revocation, whereby he seems to retract what went before, not simply and absolutely, but in a certain degree […]
noun correctives
- Something that corrects or counteracts something. alkalies are correctives of acids
- Limitation; restriction. What Correctives there may be supposed that may check and restrain that Increase of Mankind, that otherwise according to the ordinary course of Nature would have obtained in the World.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: restorative, bettering, disciplinary, disciplinal, nonindulgent, rectification, redressive, correction, remedy, reformative, correctional, remediation, redress, rectify, rehabilitative, remedial
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adj pertaining to correction
| Español | correctivo |
|---|---|
| Português | corretivo, corretor |
| Français | correcteur |
Talk about this word "corrective." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/corrective. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. corrective. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/corrective "corrective." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/corrective.Cite this
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title = {corrective},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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