Usually means: Punishment based on moral desert.
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  1. retributive: Merriam-Webster
  2. retributive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retributive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. retributive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. retributive: Vocabulary.com
  6. Retributive, retributive: Wordnik
  7. retributive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. retributive: Wiktionary
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  11. Retributive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
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  13. Retributive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. retributive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. retributive: FreeDictionary.org
  16. retributive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. retributive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. retributive: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Relating to retribution; retaliatory.

Similar:
vindicatory, retributory, avenging, just, reciprocal, retributionary, retributional, retaliatory, retributivist, reparational, more...

Opposite:
restorative, rehabilitative, reconciliatory

Phrases:
Retributive justice, more...

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Similar:
vindicatory, retributory, avenging, just, reciprocal, retributionary, retributional, retaliatory, retributivist, reparational, more...

Opposite:
restorative, rehabilitative, reconciliatory

Phrases:
Retributive justice, more...



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