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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Punitory  \Pu"ni*to*ry\,  a. 
  Punishing;  tending  to  punishment;  punitive. 
 
  God  .  .  .  may  make  moral  evil,  as  well  as  natural,  at 
  the  same  time  both  prudential  and  punitory.  --A. 
  Tucker. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  punitory 
  adj  :  inflicting  punishment;  "punitive  justice";  "punitive 
  damages"  [syn:  {punitive}]  [ant:  {rehabilitative}] 




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