remedial
Meant to correct
Remedial addresses deficiencies or corrects what's wrong.
Remedial education helps students catch up on skills they should have mastered earlier.
A remedial course covers material prerequisite to more advanced work.
Remedial action fixes a problem: The company took remedial steps after the safety violations.
The word often carries a stigma when applied to education, implying someone is behind.
Individual academic guidance
- catch-upReaching others' level
- supplementalAdded to complete
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
- foundationalServing as a base
introductory · elementary · preparatory · reteaching · intervention · coaching · drill · review
Recovery from injury/addiction
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
healing · restorative · recuperative · convalescent · intervention · exercise · reconditioning · regenerative
Fixing of mistakes
- rectificationAct of setting straight
- fixRepair or solution
- repairRestore to working order
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
amendment · redress · resolution · troubleshooting · overhaul · revision · reform · mitigation
Support or aid given
- aidSupport given freely
- helpAssistance given
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
accommodation · reinforcement · scaffolding · nurture · encouragement · coaching · mentoring · individualized
Required by judicial ruling
- mandatedOfficially ordered or required
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- damagesCompensation for injury
injunction · abatement · enforcement · penalty · sanction · settlement · compensation · liability
tutoring
Individual academic guidance
- catch-upReaching others' level
- supplementalAdded to complete
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
foundational · introductory · elementary · preparatory · reteaching · intervention · coaching · drill · review · practice
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
recovery · healing · restorative · recuperative · convalescent · intervention · exercise · reconditioning · regenerative · curative
correction
Fixing of mistakes
- rectificationAct of setting straight
- fixRepair or solution
- repairRestore to working order
adjustment · amendment · redress · resolution · troubleshooting · overhaul · revision · reform · mitigation · reparation
assistance
Support or aid given
- aidSupport given freely
- helpAssistance given
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
guidance · accommodation · reinforcement · scaffolding · nurture · encouragement · coaching · mentoring · individualized · targeted
court-ordered
Required by judicial ruling
- mandatedOfficially ordered or required
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
damages · injunction · abatement · enforcement · penalty · sanction · settlement · compensation · liability · regulatory
- Courseselective, required course, core course, introductory, advanced course
- difficultyeasy, hard, medium, difficult, moderate
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- Education Termslesson plan, curriculum, syllabus, rubric, assessment
- school termsfreshman, sophomore, junior, senior, homework
- academicscholarly, academic, intellectual, erudite, learned
remedialharmful
Causing damage or injury
damaging · injurious · detrimental · deleterious · pernicious
remedialadvanced
Far along in development
honors · accelerated · gifted · enrichment · AP
remedialdestructive
Causing severe harm
aggravating · exacerbating · counterproductive · sabotaging · undermining
- home remediesInformal household cures
- natural remediesNon-pharmaceutical healing approaches
- herbal remediesPlant-based medicinal preparations
- folk remediesTraditional non-medical treatments
- ancient remediesHistorical treatments for ailments
- remedial measuresActions to fix problems
remedies, remedied, remediable, remediation, irremediable, remedially, remediate, remediated, remediating