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Retributive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, involving, or characterized by retribution; retributory.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Relating to retribution; retaliatory.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Making or bringing retribution or requital; paying back; conferring reward or punishment according to desert; retaliative.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts

adj. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution

Word Usage

"If Israel simply protects itself without lashing out in retributive violence, they may eventually gain a Palestinian negotiating partner amenable to peace and capable of enforcing it among its own people."

Equivalent

just punitive punitory retributory

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

retributory avenging requiting

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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