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Definition of corrective:

Having power to correct.
That which corrects.

Synonyms:

turnaround, improvement, chastening, compromise, correct, makeover, boost, fix, clinical, way out, upswing, emendatory, penal, correcting, enhanced, furbished, improved, development, heuristics, antenatal, self-improvement, antimalarial, bettering, clear, process of elimination, on the up and up, step change, bionic, a change for the better/worse, nonindulgent, rectifying, bloodless, solution, second-generation, correctional, combination, disciplinary, disciplining, chastising, aseptic, disciplinal, broad-spectrum, new, for the better, amendatory, answer, dressed up, restorative, remedying, penalizing, castigating, reformatory, reformative, leap, compensatory, resolution, antibacterial.

remedial (part of speech: adjective)
- improving,
- pharmaceutical,
- curative,
- tonic,
- medicinal,
- healing,
- germicidal,
- therapeutic,
- medicated,
- remedial
remedy (part of speech: noun)
- elixir,
- aid,
- germicide,
- potion,
- pill,
- pharmaceutical,
- correction,
- ointment,
- prescription,
- balm,
- antidote,
- emetic,
- salve,
- drug,
- therapy,
- medication,
- remedy,
- tonic,
- cure,
- dose,
- lotion,
- medicine

Usage examples:

You can incorporate posthypnotic corrective measures in the suggestions that you give yourself.

- "A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis", Melvin Powers.
I find I need just such a corrective to the intense life of the city.

- "Victor Ollnee's Discipline", Hamlin Garland.
The recent report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights points the way to corrective action by the Federal Government and by State and local governments.

- "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.