correctives
Things that adjust
Correctives are things that correct or counteract something undesirable—remedies, adjustments, or countermeasures.
A policy might serve as a corrective to economic inequality; criticism functions as a corrective to overconfidence.
The word often appears with *to*: The new regulations were intended as correctives to past abuses.
As an adjective, corrective describes actions meant to fix problems: corrective surgery, corrective lenses.
Substance neutralizing harmful agents
- cureTreatment that heals
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- solutionAnswer or liquid mixture
medicine · prescription · healing · restoration · rehabilitation · amelioration · mitigation · alleviation
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
- modificationAct of altering something
rectification · amendment · refinement · realignment · normalization · reconfiguration · optimization · balancing
Penalty for an offense
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- detentionTemporary official holding
- probationSupervised trial period
consequence · reform · retribution · enforcement · supervision · guidance · behavioral modification · training
Corrective eyewear or tumblers
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- spectaclesCorrective eyewear worn daily
- eyeglassesCorrective lenses worn
- bifocalsDual-strength corrective lenses
contacts · monocle · prism · prescription lenses · frames · optometry · reading glasses · progressive lenses
antidote
Substance neutralizing harmful agents
solution · medicine · prescription · healing · restoration · rehabilitation · amelioration · mitigation · alleviation · countermeasure
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
modification · rectification · amendment · refinement · realignment · normalization · reconfiguration · optimization · balancing · regulation
punishment
Penalty for an offense
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- detentionTemporary official holding
probation · consequence · reform · retribution · enforcement · supervision · guidance · behavioral modification · training · control
glasses
Corrective eyewear or tumblers
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- spectaclesCorrective eyewear worn daily
- eyeglassesCorrective lenses worn
bifocals · contacts · monocle · prism · prescription lenses · frames · optometry · reading glasses · progressive lenses · trifocals
correctivesaggravators
Factors increasing severity
poisons · contaminants · toxins · irritants · corrosives
correctivesdistortions
Misshapen versions of truth
perversions · corruptions · aberrations · deviations · corrupters
- corrective actionSteps to fix identified problems
- corrective lensesOptical devices fixing sight
- corrective measuresActions taken to fix problems
- corrective surgeryOperation to fix abnormalities
- corrective lensOptic that adjusts focus
- corrective shoeingHorseshoe therapy for gait issues