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Adjective: punitive  pyoo-nu-tiv
  1. Inflicting punishment
    "punitive justice";
    - punitory

See also: correctional, penal, penitentiary, retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, vindicatory

Antonym: rehabilitative

Encyclopedia: Punitive