punitive
Adjective
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Inflicting punishment (synset 301908580)
"punitive justice"; "punitive damages"similar to:
- 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
same as: punitory
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