Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retributive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retributive \Re*trib"u*tive\, Retributory \Re*trib"u*to*ry\, a.
[Cf. LL. retributorius worthy of retribution.]
Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of
retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as,
retributive justice; retributory comforts.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retributive
adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution;
"retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn:
{avenging}, {retributory}, {vindicatory}]
2: given or inflicted in requital according to merits or
deserts; "retributive justice" [syn: {retributory}]
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