Meaning | inflicting punishment. |
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Synonym | punitive |
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Narrower | correctional | concerned with or providing correction |
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penal | Serving as or designed to impose punishment |
penitentiary | Used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers |
retaliatory, retaliative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory | Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution / retribution |
Opposite | rehabilitative | designed to accomplish rehabilitation / rehabilitation |
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Spanish | punitivo |
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Catalan | punitiu |
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Adverbs | punitorily | in a punishing manner |
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Verbs | punish | impose a penalty on |
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