Corrective Definition

kə-rĕktĭv
correctives
adjective
Tending or meant to correct or improve; remedial.
Webster's New World

Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.

As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes.
Wiktionary
Qualifying; limiting.
Wiktionary
noun
correctives
An agent that corrects.
American Heritage
Something corrective; remedy.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Corrective

Noun

Singular:
corrective
Plural:
correctives

Origin of Corrective

  • From French correctif

    From Wiktionary

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