Corrective and Penitentiary

Corrective adjective - Serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition.

Penitentiary and corrective are semantically related in penal topic. In some cases you can use "Penitentiary" instead the word "Corrective" as an adjective or a noun. rare substitute

Nearby Words: correct, correction, correctly, corrected, correcting

Penitentiary adjective - Used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers.

Corrective and penitentiary are semantically related in penal topic. Sometimes you can use "Corrective" instead the word "Penitentiary" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Word: penitential