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REMEDIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does remedial mean?
• REMEDIAL (adjective)
The adjective REMEDIAL has 2 senses:
1. tending or intended to rectify or improve
2. tending to cure or restore to health
Familiarity information: REMEDIAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending or intended to rectify or improve
Context example:
remedial education
Similar:
bettering (changing for the better)
Derivation:
remedy (act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tending to cure or restore to health
Synonyms:
alterative; curative; healing; remedial; sanative; therapeutic
Context example:
therapeutic diets
Similar:
healthful (conducive to good health of body or mind)
Derivation:
remedy (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
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