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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution;
- Example: "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
[syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory]

2. given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts;
- Example: "retributive justice"
[syn: retributive, retributory, vindicatory]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

retributive adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory] 2: given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice" [syn: retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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