Retributive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  retributive
       adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution;
              "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn:
              {retaliatory}, {relatiative}, {retributory}, {vindicatory}]
       2: given or inflicted in requital according to merits or
          deserts; "retributive justice" [syn: {retributory}, {vindicatory}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "retributive":
     castigatory, chastening, chastising, compensating, compensative,
     compensatory, corrective, disciplinary, grueling, indemnificatory,
     inflictive, lucrative, moneymaking, paying, penal, penological,
     profitable, punishing, punitive, punitory, reciprocal,
     recompensing, recompensive, redeeming, redemptional, redemptive,
     remunerative, reparative, repaying, restitutive, restitutory,
     restorative, retaliative, retaliatory, retributory, reversional,
     reversionary, revertible, rewardful, rewarding, satisfying