Corrective

What do we mean by corrective?

Tending or intended to correct. adjective

An agent that corrects. noun

Having the power to correct; having the quality of removing or counteracting what is wrong, erroneous, or injurious; tending to rectify: as, corrective penalties.

That which has the power of correcting or amending; that which has the quality of removing or counteracting what is wrong or injurious: as, alkalis are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. noun

Limitation; restriction. noun

Having the power to correct; tending to rectify. adjective

Qualifying; limiting. adjective

That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious. noun

Limitation; restriction. noun

Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct adjective

Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability noun

Limitation; restriction noun

Tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition adjective

A device for treating injury or disease noun

Designed to promote discipline adjective

Something that corrects or counteracts something.

Limitation; restriction.

In IM conversations, users often send messages in haste and only afterwards notice a typographical error (shortened as typo). It is common practice to correct the typo by sending a subsequent message where the word CORRECTION precedes the correct word. Urban Dictionary

To look physically good. To be in good shape. To not be saggin' or a big person. Urban Dictionary

When a person uses the phrase " political correctiveness " in a sentence, trying to sound intelligent. When in fact, correctiveness is not a word at all. Urban Dictionary

A procedure which has consistently corrected a specific type of error. Urban Dictionary

The right answer; its exact. Urban Dictionary

The act of being 100% correct, without fail Urban Dictionary

1.the right answer 2.looking good Urban Dictionary

When something is more correct than correct. Urban Dictionary

Slang term for murder or killing someone or something My girlfriend Nicole told me she saw a spider in the washroom and "corrected its ass" Urban Dictionary

Latin for one who is full of correctedness. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to corrective:
corrective, collective, correction, correlative, connective, correctify, correcting, convective, correctible, corruptive, correctives.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word corrective:
reprisals, lenses, chronically, verified, gulag, retaliation, preventive, metrics, chronic, cleft, glasses, rape, surgery, achievement, optics, action, correction, shall, allegations, lens, feedback, axial, actions, measures, corrections, adequate, yearly, assessments, status, occur, faith, prescribed, maintenance, math, correct, mandated, labor, telescope, low, inmates, reading, recommendations, mathematics, procedures, pipeline, surgical, improvement, compliance, procedure, student, graduation, taken, therapy, breast, intervention, eye, progress, vision, findings, academic, errors, services, measured, exercises, declined, implemented, error, restore, root, monitoring, colonies, steps, due, improve, attendance, ongoing, revolution, failure, attorney, necessary, repair, exercise, waves, continuing, result, replacement.

Words that rhyme with corrective:
perspective, objective, effective, prospective, subjective, respective, invective, collective, directive, retrospective, detective, affective, irrespective, introspective, reflective, defective, selective, elective, ineffective, protective, connective, overprotective, infective, projective, convective, police detective, store detective, anti-infective, hotel detective, house detective, linear perspective, private detective, highly infective, affect of, aftereffect of, albrecht of, architect of, aspect of, brecht of, circumspect of, collect of, correct of, detect of, dialect of, direct of, disconnect of, disrespect of, effect of, elect of, erect of, expect of, hecht of, incorrect of, indirect of, insect of, intellect of, interconnect of, intersect of, neglect of, perfect of, prefect of, protect of, recked of, recollect of, reflect of, reject of, respect of, retrospect of, rupprecht of, sect of, select of, spect of, subject of, suspect of, transect of, trifecta of.

Adjectives that are often used to describe corrective:
useful, important, valuable, best, healthy, wholesome, good, salutary, powerful, proper, excellent, natural, only, mild, partial, necessary, welcome, true, needed, admirable, strong, constant, sufficient, adequate, appropriate, timely, moral, effective, critical, efficient, invaluable, effectual, automatic, immediate, vital, potential, sharp, interesting, crucial, potent, indispensable, gentle, ultimate, democratic, sole, sound, refreshing, sobering, slight, surest, safe, muchneeded, temporary, deliberate, grand, wonderful, radical, ethical, modest, drastic, theological, satisfactory, ample, sovereign.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective corrective:
action, measures, actions, surgery, feedback, lenses, justice, experience, procedures, work, maintenance, steps, exercises, measure, treatment, process, procedure, experiences, influence, legislation, program, therapy, osteotomy, information, discipline, force, plan, forces, training, factor, movements, institutions, advertising, operation, mechanism, instruction, function, shoes, movement, policies, lens, reading, devices, mechanisms, efforts, glasses, strategies, programs, response, device, adjustments, techniques, operations, intervention, gymnastics, camps, plans, exercise, responses, labor, punishment, teaching, saccades, institution, influences, rhinoplasty, taxes, psychiatry, labour, osteotomies, interventions, saccade, controls, adjustment, strategy, tax.

Consonant match to corrective:
coactive, correct of.

Words that sound like corrective:
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