CORRECTIONAL Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

correctional

adjective

Definition of correctional

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 In general, correctional officers should not be involved with inmates’ medical decisions, but health care providers do not have the authority to remove restraints; such decisions reside with the correctional facility. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026 Just under 34,000 employees work for the agency, but not all are correctional officers. — Scott Peyton, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Simple things like being able to choose when to sleep, and showering without a correctional officer escort are novel changes after a quarter-century behind bars. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 According to Macallair, who has been working on juvenile justice reform for more than 40 years, any facility with more than 10 kids becomes unwieldy, distracting from rehabilitation and becoming more correctional. — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2026 An inmate and 10 Cook County Jail correctional officers were hospitalized Sunday afternoon after a mattress fire. — Greg Kelly, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 All three defendants charged in connection with Williams' death – Fisher, nurse Gwendolyn Vick and correctional sergeant Tanner Leopold – had their cases dismissed. — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Three men, one an off-duty Cook County correctional officer, were wounded during an argument overnight in the city’s River North neighborhood, according to authorities. — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 It’s been ten years since Si Ren, a man rumored to have no genitals, has left a military-style correctional camp. — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

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Adjective

Yet there are few examples in history of adversaries conceding to maximalist demands in the face of punitive bombing campaigns alone—even by the world’s greatest air force.

— Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
An exploration of self-perception and a non-punitive confrontation with the past.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of punitive

Adjective

For Beccaria, an execution’s fleeting spectacle deterred less effectively than lifelong penal servitude.

— Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
Their ruling states that investigators should not have cited penal law as justification for seizing the artwork, and reproaches a lower court’s previous approval of their methods.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of penal

Adjective

The latest in a long series of corrective measures was a thirteen-per-cent state income tax on millionaires, which went into effect in 2012 and is due to expire in 2030.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Employees who fail to comply may be subject to corrective or disciplinary action, according to the draft policy.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

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