Usually means: Imposing punishment; penal in nature.
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  1. punitory: Merriam-Webster
  2. punitory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. punitory: Collins English Dictionary
  4. punitory: Vocabulary.com
  5. punitory: Wordnik
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  8. Punitory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. punitory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. punitory: Rhymezone
  11. Punitory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. punitory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. punitory: FreeDictionary.org
  14. punitory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. punitory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. punitory: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (archaic) punitive; serving to punish

Similar:
punitive, penal, correctional, penitentiary, punishmental, penall, pœnal, pœnall, pænal, pœnitential, more...

Opposite:
reward, rewarding, rewardingness

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Similar:
punitive, penal, correctional, penitentiary, punishmental, penall, pœnal, pœnall, pænal, pœnitential, more...

Opposite:
reward, rewarding, rewardingness



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