'Retributive' definitions:
Definition of 'retributive'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
adjective
Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice" [syn: retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
Definition of 'Retributive'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'retributive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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