Adjective: retributive ri'tri-byu-tiv
- Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
"retributive justice demands an eye for an eye";
- retaliatory, retaliative, retributory, vindicatory
- Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts
"retributive justice";
- retributory, vindicatory
See also: just, punitive, punitory
Encyclopedia: Retributive