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Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.

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  1. a. Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.
  2. adj. tending or intended to rectify or improve
  3. adj. tending to cure or restore to health
  4. Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment. Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone. It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative. I. Taylor.
  5. Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removalor abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone.It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is notremedial, not conservative. I. Taylor.
  6. j:100 s. tending or intended to rectify or improve