Corrective Definition & Meaning

corrective
adjective
  1. designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
  2. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
noun
  1. a device for treating injury or disease

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