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retributive


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Retributive  \Re*trib"u*tive\,  Retributory  \Re*trib"u*to*ry\,  a. 
  [Cf.  LL  retributorius  worthy  of  retribution.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  retribution;  of  the  nature  of 
  retribution;  involving  retribution  or  repayment;  as 
  retributive  justice;  retributory  comforts. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  retributive 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  or  having  the  nature  of  retribution; 
  "retributive  justice  demands  an  eye  for  an  eye"  [syn: 
  {avenging},  {retributory},  {vindicatory}] 
  2:  given  or  inflicted  in  requital  according  to  merits  or 
  deserts;  "retributive  justice"  [syn:  {retributory}] 




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