Thesaurus
corrective
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of CORRECTIVE
1
serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition <eyeglasses are called corrective lenses by the department of motor vehicles>
Related Words curative, medicinal, therapeutic; reparative, restorative; beneficial, helpful, salutary, wholesome; antidotal, counteractive, counterbalancing
2
inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment <a corrective sentence of five years' hard labor>
Synonyms castigating, chastening, chastising, correcting, correctional, corrective, disciplinary, disciplining, penal, penalizing
Near Antonyms compensatory; acquitting, exculpating, exculpatory, exonerating, vindicating; absolving, condoning, pardoning, remitting; commuting, reprieving
Antonyms nonpunitive
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