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remedial |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remedial \Re*me"di*al\ (-al), a. [L. remedialis.] Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as remedial treatment. Statutes are declaratory or remedial. --Blackstone. It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative. --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: remedial adj 1: tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education" 2: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: {curative}, {healing(p)}, {alterative}, {sanative}, {therapeutic}]
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