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Meaning of CORRECTIONAL

Pronunciation:  kur'ekshunul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  concerned with or providing correction; "a correctional institution"
 
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 Synonyms: punitive, punitory
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cor*rec"tion*al\ (k?r-r?k"sh?n-a]/>l), a. [Cf. F.
correctionnel.]
Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction;
as, a correctional institution.
 

 

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