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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈrɛktɪv/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kə rek′tiv)

corrective
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remedial, restorative, curative, healing Collocations, improving, therapeutic, helpful Collocations, medicinal, chastening, chastising, castigatory, punishing, correctional, disciplinary, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative

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