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. Trevor Potter:

   We are hopeful the public attention the complaint receives forces The Trump campaign to recognize that they are breaking the law and take corrective action.

2. Keith Lerner:

   There's a little bit of a vacuum in the market for the next several weeks, we're in this corrective phase, and it likely has further to go.

3. 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.

4. John Casaretti:

   These rare incidents must be thoroughly investigated and local managers should take appropriate corrective action, a field training officer program and thorough mentorship of new officers can reduce similar performance issues.

5. Arturo Merino Núñez:

   At this stage all possible hypotheses are going to be studied with an open mind, we are all pilots and want to know what happened to the aircraft to take corrective measures, if there were any to take. That is also very distressing for us because we have to continue operating the plane, Antarctic campaigns have to continue.