Synonyms of the word corrective


CORRECTIVEBETTERING - DEVICE - DISCIPLINAL - DISCIPLINARY - NONINDULGENT - RESTORATIVE - STRICT

corrective

  • adj. Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.
  • adj. Qualifying; limiting.
  • n. Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability.
  • n. (obsolete) limitation; restriction.

bettering

  • v. present participle of better.
  • n. improvement.

device

  • n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
  • n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
  • n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
  • n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
  • n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
  • n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
  • n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
  • n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
  • n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
  • n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
  • n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

disciplinal

  • adj. relating to discipline, i.e. order and/or punishment.

disciplinary

  • adj. Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
  • adj. For the purpose of imposing punishment.
  • adj. Of or relating to an academic field of study.
  • n. A disciplinary action.

nonindulgent

  • adj. Not indulgent.

restorative

  • adj. Serving to restore.
  • n. Something with restoring properties.
  • n. (euphemistic) An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.

strict

  • adj. Strained; drawn close; tight.
  • adj. Tense; not relaxed.
  • adj. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
  • adj. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  • adj. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
  • adj. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  • adj. Severe in discipline.

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