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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. inflicting punishment;
- Example: "punitive justice"
- Example: "punitive damages"
[syn: punitive, punitory]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Punitory \Pu"ni*to*ry\, a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. [1913 Webster] God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. --A. Tucker. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

punitory adj 1: inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages" [syn: punitive, punitory] [ant: rehabilitative]