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correctional

adjectiveattested in dialogue

Of, pertaining to, or intended for correction.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, pertaining to, or intended for correction.

  2. 2

    Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals.

    correctional officer, correctional policy, correctional services.

Etymology

From correction + -al.

Forms

comparative
more correctional
superlative
most correctional
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