CORRECTIVE

• (noun) a device for treating injury or disease

  synonyms : restorative

• (adj.) tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition

  "corrective measures", "corrective lenses"

• (adj.) designed to promote discipline

  "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional", "disciplinal measures", "the mother was stern and disciplinary"

  synonyms : disciplinal , disciplinary

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