correctant

Something that serves to correct something else.

Noun

  1. Something that serves to correct something else.
    • It is not only a correctant of the salicylic acid, but also the best adjuvant we could find. - 1887, The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery, page 176:
    • Consequently, formative feedback serves as a correctant, and it can produce rapid changes in behavior in contrast to the more tedious process of using shaping techniques with motivational feedback […] - 2013, Charles M....

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