单词 | correctional |
释义 | correctionaladj. Of or pertaining to correction; corrective. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > corrective correcta1464 castigatory1625 castigative1641 emendative1642 emendatory1660 chastening1667 correcting1692 correctional1838 1838 W. E. Gladstone State Relations with Church (1839) 205 At present when the legitimate correctional powers of the Church have become dormant. 1865 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands (ed. 2) iv. xxiii. 533 In Jersey, minor offences are referred to a court of Correctional Police. Derivatives coˈrrectionally adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [adverb] > in a deterrent or correctional way exemplarily1587 exemplary1626 correctionally1877 1877 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years IV. 103 There are large classes of offences only punishable ‘correctionally’ not criminally. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1838 |
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