Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of, pertaining to, or intended for correction.

    concerned with or providing correction

  2. (Canada, US)Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals.

    correctional officer, correctional policy, correctional services.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Tom is a correctional officer.

    ruТом - сотрудник исправительного учреждения.

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  2. The correctional officer beat an inmate.

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  3. Tom works in a correctional facility.

    ruТом работает в исправительном учреждении.

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  4. Kalman escaped from the correctional center.

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  5. Sami is a highly trained correctional officer.

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Origin

From correction + -al.

From correction + -al.

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Forms

more correctional, most correctional
Comparativemore correctional Lesson
Superlativemost correctional Lesson

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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