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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution;
- Example: "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
[syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retaliatory \Re*tal"i*a*to*ry\, a.
   Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as
   retaliatory measures.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

retaliatory
    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]