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Punitive

Punitive Meaning & Definition
Punitive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Punitive?

[adj] inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Punitive: correctional | penal | penitentiary | punitory

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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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