correctional

adjective

Definition of correctionalnext
as in punitive
inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment threatened to take correctional measures if the household chores were not done the state's largest correctional institution

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctional
  1. punitive
  2. penal
  3. corrective
Adjective
  • Companies currying favor have been replaced with those reacting to a climate of fear—of punishing lawsuits, of punitive regulatory reactions—fear that democracy is being replaced by a kind of klepto-feudalism.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • However, an essential element is missing regarding student enforcement: eliminating punitive measures, such as suspensions, in favor of more supportive interventions.
    Nia Hayes and Allyssa Williams, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of punitive
Adjective
  • But when a president, at the end of his term in office, in the interest of fairness, corrects mistakes made by the penal system during his or a previous president's term, that is often a grace note of his time in office.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The county prisoners held at the site were moved to Milwaukee County's new penal farm in what was then the Town of Franklin.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of penal
Adjective
  • Currently, of course, the corrective price action has been felt by some areas, but not all.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
  • These details similarly require mention as a corrective to the notion that government debt drives inflation, as in currency devaluation.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of corrective
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correction

correctional

corrections

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