| Pronunciation: | | 'pyooni`towree
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages" |
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PUNITORY is a 8 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | correctional, penal, penitentiary, punitive |
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| | Antonyms: | | rehabilitative |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pu"ni*to*ry\, a.
Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at
the same time both prudential and punitory. --A.
Tucker.
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