meaning of correctives
1.  Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. 
2.  Qualifying; limiting. 
3.  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. 
4.  Limitation; restriction. 
5.  a device for treating injury or disease
						 
