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PUNITORY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflicting punishment
Example:
punitive damages
Synonyms:
punitive; punitory
Classified under:
Similar:
correctional (concerned with or providing correction)
penal (serving as or designed to impose punishment)
penitentiary (used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers)
retaliative; retaliatory; retributive; retributory; vindicatory (of or relating to or having the nature of retribution)
Derivation:
punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)
