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re·me·di·al /ri-'mē-dē-əl/ adj1 a: intended as or providing a remedyb: concerned with the correction, removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or diseaseremedial treatment of an inmate to improve behaviora workers' compensation claimant who received remedial attention from a doctora remedial statute correcting the previous law2: of, relating to, or being a law enacted for the purpose of providing a method of enforcing an already existing substantive right: procedural
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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alleviating, alleviative, alterative, amendatory, analeptic, anodyne, antidotal, assuasive, balmy, beneficial, benign, bracing, calmative, cleansing, compensatory, corrective, counteracting, curative, curing, easing, emollient, healing, health-giving, healthful, invigorating, lenitive, medical, medicative, medicinal, palliative, prophylactic, purifying, recuperative, reformative, reparative, reparatory, restitutive, restorative, revivifying, roborant, salubrious, salutaris, salutary, salutiferous, sanative, sanatory, sanitary, soothing, stimulating, strengthening, therapeutic, tonic, wholesome
associated concepts: remedial act, remedial laws
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curative, medicinal, progressive (advocating change), salubrious, salutary
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Intended to cure or to act as a remedy.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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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. [1913 Webster] Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] It is an evil… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
remedial — [ri mē′dē əl] adj. [LL remedialis] 1. providing, or intended to provide, a remedy ☆ 2. Educ. designating or of any special course of study for helping students overcome deficiencies in specific skills, abilities, or knowledge [remedial reading]… … English World dictionary
remedial — 1650s, curing, relieving, from L. remedialis healing, curing, from L. remedium (see REMEDY (Cf. remedy)). Educational sense of concerned with improving skills is first recorded 1924 … Etymology dictionary
remedial — restorative, *curative, sanative, corrective Analogous words: healing, curing (see CURE vb) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
remedial — [adj] healing, restorative alleviative, antidotal, antiseptic, corrective, curative, curing, healthful, health giving, invigorating, medicating, medicinal, purifying, recuperative, reformative, remedying, repairing, restitutive, sanative,… … New thesaurus
remedial — ► ADJECTIVE 1) giving or intended as a remedy. 2) provided or intended for children with learning difficulties … English terms dictionary
remedial — [[t]rɪmi͟ːdiəl[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Remedial education is intended to improve a person s ability to read, write, or do mathematics, especially when they find these things difficult. ...children who required special remedial education... His… … English dictionary
remedial — adjective 1 aimed at correcting a fault in something, or curing a problem with some one s health: Some remedial work needs to be done on the foundations. | remedial care for head injuries 2 remedial course/class/teacher etc a special course etc… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
remedial — adjective Date: 1651 1. intended as a remedy 2. concerned with the correction of faulty study habits and the raising of a pupil s general competence < remedial reading courses >; also receiving or requiring remedial instruction < remedial… … New Collegiate Dictionary
remedial — re|me|di|al [rıˈmi:diəl] adj 1.) remedial course/class/teacher etc a special course etc that helps students who have difficulty learning something 2.) intended to improve something that is wrong ▪ Some remedial work needs to be done on the… … Dictionary of contemporary English