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CORRECTIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concerned with or providing correction
Example:
a correctional institution
Classified under:
Similar:
punitive; punitory (inflicting punishment)
Derivation:
correction (the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)
correction (the act of disciplining)