Remedial

Remedial
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 not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]


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  • remedial — re·me·di·al /ri mē dē əl/ adj 1 a: intended as or providing a remedy b: concerned with the correction, removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or disease remedial treatment of an inmate to improve behavior a workers compensation claimant who… …   Law dictionary

  • 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

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