corrective

About 3.53 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.

   As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes.

2. adjective Qualifying; limiting.
3. noun Something that corrects or counteracts something.

   alkalies are correctives of acids

4. noun Limitation; restriction.

Similar words

restorative bettering disciplinary disciplinal nonindulgent rectification redressive correction remedy reformative

Often followed by

action to measures actions of and feedback surgery justice

Word family

correctively correctives