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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Punitive  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  punitive 
  adj  :  inflicting  punishment;  "punitive  justice";  "punitive 
  damages"  [syn:  {punitory}]  [ant:  {rehabilitative}] 




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