·adj Qualifying; limiting.
II. Corrective ·noun Limitation; restriction.
III. Corrective ·adj Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.
IV. Corrective ·noun 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.