corrective

corrective is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
2. adjective. Qualifying; limiting.
3. noun. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct.
4. noun. Limitation; restriction.
5. noun. a device for treating injury or disease

   Synonyms: restorative

6. adjective. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition

   "corrective measures"

   "corrective lenses"

7. adjective. designed to promote discipline

   "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"

   "disciplinal measures"

   Synonyms: disciplinal, disciplinary

Synonyms

restorative, disciplinal, disciplinary

Common word forms

correctives, correctively, correctiveness

Words from these letters

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