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