About The Word Punitive
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Punitive
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What's The Definition Of Punitive?
[adj] inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Punitive: correctional | penal | penitentiary | punitory Related Terms | Find terms related to Punitive: See Also | Punitive In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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