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correctional

[ kuh-rek-shuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to correction, especially to penal correction.


correctional

/ kəˈrɛkʃənəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals

    a correctional facility



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Other Words From

  • noncor·rection·al noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of correctional1

First recorded in 1830–40; correction + -al 1

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Example Sentences

“Arman was then released to the Ferguson correctional staff for booking,” Wilson writes.

He is currently being held without bail in a segregated area of Wayne County Correctional Facility away from other inmates.

Its continued existence still sparks national debates on corruption, a broken correctional system and tourism in Bolivia.

Shakur departed Clinton Correctional Facility in a stretch white limo.

Stories about members of the correctional industry who speak up against other members are rare.

I must go before the correctional police and pay in person for my offence.

The trick which came under the notice of the French correctional police will perhaps here recur to recollection.

The correctional courts mentioned deal with the graver offences which are outside the ambit of the juge de paix.

The peers are to be tried by their own chamber in criminal or correctional cases, according to the forms prescribed by the law.

The Emperor has the right of pardoning, even in correctional cases, and of granting amnesties.

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