Associations to the word «Remedial»

Wiktionary

REMEDIAL, adjective. Curative; providing a remedy
REMEDIAL, adjective. Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject

Dictionary definition

REMEDIAL, adjective. Tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education".
REMEDIAL, adjective. Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.