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punitive

adjective

1 punitive

Inflicting punishment:
— Punitive justice.
— Punitive damages.

synonym: punitory.

Roget 972: punishing etc. v.; penal; punitory†, punitive; inflictive, castigatory; punished etc. v..

is similar to: correctional | penal | penitentiary | retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, vindicatory.

is the opposite of: rehabilitative.

derivation: penalise, penalize, punish.

Moby thesaurus: avenging, castigating, castigatory, chastening, chastising, compensatory, correctional, corrective, disciplinary, grudgeful, grueling, implacable, inflictive, irreconcilable, penal, penological, punishing, punitory, rancorous, reciprocal ... show more.

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