Synonyms for corrective
kəˈrɛk tɪvcor·rec·tive

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1. corrective

   Synonyms:
   regulative, alterative, preventative, restorative

   Antonyms:
   confirmative, conducive, provocative, stimulative, intensitive

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1. corrective, restorativeadjective

   a device for treating injury or disease

   Synonyms:
   restorative, tonic

   Antonyms:
   indulgent, worsening

2. corrective, disciplinary, disciplinaladjective

   designed to promote discipline

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

   Synonyms:
   disciplinary, disciplinal

   Antonyms:
   worsening, indulgent

3. correctiveadjective

   tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition

   "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"

   Synonyms:
   disciplinary, disciplinal

   Antonyms:
   worsening, indulgent

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1. correctiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   rectifying, reformatory, correctory, disciplinary emendatory

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1. List of paraphrases for "corrective":

   remedial, redressive, correction, affirmative, correctional, rectify, remediation, correct, remedy

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1. corrective

   Synonyms:
   Corrigent, see there
   

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1. Ritesh Agarwal:

   We believe that when it comes to experience, there is always room for improvement and it can be achieved if one listens to customers and takes corrective actions that help introduce systemic changes, we have introduced several checks and balances to ensure all our network hotels maintain good quality service standards.

2. Emmanuel Macron:

   I'll spell out where we're at, that we're piling too much dough into a welfare system that's focused on corrective treatment.

3. Mary Rouvelas:

   Corrective statements are essentially geared towards preventing and restraining future harm, once they start shipping, they will appear in the retailers between two days and two weeks after, depending on how much volume that retailer goes through.

4. Ralph White:

   Even though the sustain rate is lower, the effectiveness rate has stayed the same, which means that agencies are taking voluntary corrective action in response to protests at an even higher level.

5. Benjamin Weinthal:

   We expectUNRWAto review the allegations, investigate them, and if warranted, take disciplinary or other corrective actionin line with UN policies, up to and including termination of employment or contracts,andhold anyone found to have engaged in suchconduct accountable.