correctional

adjective

Definition of correctionalnext
as in punitive
inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment threatened to take correctional measures if the household chores were not done the state's largest correctional institution

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Recent Examples of correctional Two additional correctional officers also sustained injuries during the incident and were taken to an area health clinic for treatment, according to Banevicius. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026 By Bay City News An inmate serving a life sentence was convicted of assaulting a correctional officer in 2023 with a homemade dagger at Salinas Valley State Prison, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit against the EEOC was filed by the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union representing federal workers, and two women who are correctional officers at Louisiana’s Federal Correctional Complex at Pollock. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Blackwell, who was received from Los Angeles County in 2010, was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder, correctional officials said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Two experts on correctional medical care said not every emergency at a facility like Mountain View requires a 911 call. — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026 As researchers who study visitation in correctional settings, our role is not to say how the courts should rule. — Jillian Turanovic, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026 Florida hasn’t executed more than one person in a single day since 1964, according to the state’s correctional records. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 An hour and a half later, a correctional officer from Montana nabbed 49-year-old Sophie Dennison-Gibby. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctional
  1. punitive
  2. penal
  3. corrective
Adjective
  • The Department of Defense attempted to blacklist Anthropic in February after the company refused to remove restrictions on its AI models being used for autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance, a move widely seen as punitive.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Defense attorneys described their confinement as effectively punitive segregation even though the brothers had not committed disciplinary violations.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of punitive
Adjective
  • While the two men entered the Russian penal system around the same time, their cases differ significantly.
    — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The 47-month sentence is notable given the Dutch penal system’s typically short prison terms.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 9 June 2026
Definition of penal
Adjective
  • The landfill will have two years to comply with the corrective measures.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The individual who suffered the allergic reaction has fully recovered, and the manufacturer has identified the cause of the mislabeling issue and has taken corrective measures, the FDA said in its recall report.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of corrective

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“Correctional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctional. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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