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Definitions for: Punitive [adj] inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"
Webster (1913) Definition: Pu"ni*tive, a.
Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or
inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity
imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence. -- I.
Taylor.
We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand.
--Bagehot.
Synonyms: correctional, penal, penitentiary, punitory
Antonyms: rehabilitative
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