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English Dictionary: punitive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
punitive
adj
  1. inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"
    Synonym(s): punitive, punitory
    Antonym(s): rehabilitative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Punitive \Pu"ni*tive\, a.
      Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or
      inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
  
               If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity
               imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence. -- I.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
               We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand.
                                                                              --Bagehot.
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