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adjective
Inflicting punishment.
synonym: punitive.
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.
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