The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CORRECTIVE
corrective
(adjective) tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; “corrective measures”; “corrective lenses”
corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal
(adjective) designed to promote discipline; “the teacher’s action was corrective rather than instructional”; “disciplinal measures”; “the mother was stern and disciplinary”
corrective, restorative
(noun) a device for treating injury or disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
corrective (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.
(obsolete) Qualifying; limiting.
Noun
corrective (plural correctives)
Something that corrects or counteracts something.
(obsolete) Limitation; restriction.
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*rect"ive (krr-rk"tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. correctif.]
1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot.
2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." Holdsworth.
Cor*rect"ive, n.
1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke.
2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONNECTION
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
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