Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]
   1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as,
      corrective penalties.

            Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious
            alkali.                               --Arbuthnot.

   2. Qualifying; limiting. ``The Psalmist interposeth . . .
      this corrective particle.'' --Holdsworth.

Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\, n.
   1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or
      counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are
      correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral
      conduct. --Burke.

   2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.

Source : WordNet®

corrective
     adj 1: designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was
            corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal
            measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
            [syn: {disciplinary}, {disciplinal}]
     2: tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a
        normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective
        lenses"
     n : a device for treating injury or disease [syn: {restorative}]