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punitive |
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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