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Correctional

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or intended for correction.
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals. Canada, US

    "correctional officer, correctional policy, correctional services."

Adjective
  1. 1
    concerned with or providing correction wordnet

Etymology

From correction + -al.

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