[syn: retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
retributive
adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution;
"retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn:
retaliatory, relatiative, retributive,
retributory, vindicatory]
2: given or inflicted in requital according to merits or
deserts; "retributive justice" [syn: retributive,
retributory, vindicatory]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "retributive":
castigatory, chastening, chastising, compensating, compensative,
compensatory, corrective, disciplinary, grueling, indemnificatory,
inflictive, lucrative, moneymaking, paying, penal, penological,
profitable, punishing, punitive, punitory, reciprocal,
recompensing, recompensive, redeeming, redemptional, redemptive,
remunerative, reparative, repaying, restitutive, restitutory,
restorative, retaliative, retaliatory, retributory, reversional,
reversionary, revertible, rewardful, rewarding, satisfying