Relating to or designed for correction; having the purpose or effect of correcting or improving something.
From Latin 'corrigere' (to set right) plus '-ory' suffix (relating to), creating an adjective describing things that serve a corrective function.
Correctory institutions were the formal name for places that tried to correct human behavior—the word itself sounds optimistic, though the reality was often much darker.
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