adj

correctional

adj

Relating to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted offenders.

"He works as a guard at a correctional facility."

How to Use Correctional

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo do with prisons or the system meant to punish and reform offenders.

Common pairings

correctional facility correctional officer correctional system

more correctional comparative, most correctional superlative

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From "correction" plus the adjective suffix "-al".

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