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1. (adj.) punitive
serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment.
Etymology: (1615–25; < ML pūnītīvus= L pūnīt(us) (ptp. of pūnīre to punish ) +-īvus -ive)
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1. (adj) punitive, punitory
inflicting punishment
"punitive justice"; "punitive damages"
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1. (adj) punitive
of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice
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Sense: giving punishment.
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 Afrikaans: strafregtelik |
 Arabic: تَأديبي |
 Bulgarian: наказателен |
 Brazilian: punitivo |
 Czech: trestný, kárný |
 German: strafend |
 Danish: straffende |
 Greek: που επιβάλλει τιμωρία, σω |
 Spanish: punitivo; punitorio |
 Estonian: karistus- |
 Farsi: تنبیهی؛ کیفری |
 Finnish: rankaiseva |
 French: de punition |
 Hebrew: מַעֲנִישִים |
 Hindi: दण्डात्मक |
 Hungarian: büntető |
 Indonesian: bersifat menghukum |
 Icelandic: refsingar- |
 Italian: punitivo |
 Japanese: 罰の |
 Korean: 처벌적인, 응보의 |
 Lithuanian: baudžiamasis |
 Latvian: soda- |
 Malay: punitif |
 Dutch: straf- |
 Norwegian: refse-, straffe- |
 Polish: karzący, karny |
 Persian: تنبیهی؛ کیفری |
 Pashto: رتنه،جزا |
 Portuguese: punitivo |
 Romanian: punitiv |
 Russian: карательный |
 Slovak: trestný |
 Slovenian: kazenski |
 Serbian: kazneni |
 Swedish: straff- |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับการลงโทษ |
 Turkish: cezalandırıcı |
 Taiwanese: 給予懲罰的 |
 Ukrainian: каральний |
 Urdu: تاديبي |
 Vietnamese: nhằm trừng phạt |
 Chinese: 给予惩罚的 |
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