Corrective and Vindicating

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Corrective adjective - Inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment.

Usage example: a corrective sentence of five years' hard labor

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Vindicating is an antonym for corrective.

Vindicating adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.

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Corrective is an antonym for vindicating.

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