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   Cor·rec·tive

   /kəˈrektiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable: "management was informed so that corrective action could be taken" Similar remedialtherapeuticrestorativecurativereparatoryreparativerehabilitativeameliorativecorrectionalpunitivepenaldisciplinarydisciplinariancastigatoryreformatoryrare:penitentiarypunitorycastigative

   noun

   • 1. a thing intended to correct or counteract something else: "the move might be a corrective to some inefficient practices within hospitals"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French correctif, -ive or late Latin correctivus, from Latin correct- ‘brought into order’ from the verb corrigere (see correct).

   Derivatives

   • 1. correctively adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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