- corrective⇄adj. tending to correct; setting right; making better.
Ex. Corrective exercises will make weak muscles strong.
(SYN) remedial. - corrective⇄adv. correctively.
- corrective⇄corrective, adjective, noun.
- corrective⇄noun something that corrects or tends to correct.
Ex. Penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. A corrective for overacidity is an alkaline substance.
(SYN) remedy.