correctant

English

Noun

correctant (plural correctants)

1. Something that serves to correct something else.
   • 1887, The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery, page 176:

     It is not only a correctant of the salicylic acid, but also the best adjuvant we could find.

   • 2013, Charles M. Reigeluth, Instructional Design Theories and Models, page 427:

     Consequently, formative feedback serves as a correctant, and it can produce rapid changes in behavior in contrast to the more tedious process of using shaping techniques with motivational feedback […]