(1):

(n.) Limitation; restriction.

(2):

(a.) Qualifying; limiting.

(3):

(a.) Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

(4):

(n.) 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.