CORRECTIVE, adjective Having the power to correct; having the quality of removing or obviating what is wrong, or injurious; tending to rectify; as corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of bilious alkali. CORRECTIVE, noun 1. That which has the power of correcting; that which has the quality of altering or obviating what is wrong, or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. 2. Limitation; restriction. [Little used.]
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