corrective
adjective
[ kəˈrɛktɪv ]
• designed to correct or counteract something harmful or undesirable.
• "management were informed so that corrective action could be taken"
Similar:
remedial,
therapeutic,
restorative,
curative,
reparatory,
reparative,
rehabilitative,
ameliorative,
correctional,
punitive,
penal,
disciplinary,
disciplinarian,
castigatory,
reformatory,
penitentiary,
punitory,
castigative,
corrective
noun
• a thing intended to correct or counteract something else.
• "the move might be a corrective to some inefficient practices within hospitals"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French correctif, -ive or late Latin correctivus, from Latin correct- ‘brought into order’ from the verb corrigere (see correct).
