Corrective
Corrective noun - Something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable.
Usage example: the only corrective to bad behavior is good, firm discipline
Therapy and corrective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Therapy" instead a noun "Corrective".
Therapy
Therapy noun - Something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable.
Usage example: talking over my problem with you has been good therapy
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Corrective and therapy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Corrective" instead a noun "Therapy".
Nearby Word: therapist
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Drug pushing seems to be regarded as the most serious of crimes; the punishment is either death or corrective psychological therapy.
Source: Literature / Lensman - The alternate universe version of Rufus did suffer from a major trauma, but he managed to inflict plenty of lesser ones upon himself in subsequent years, which he still has to attend therapy and take plenty of corrective drugs to deal with.
Source: Single-Issue Psychology
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