01 a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
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Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.“God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory.” — A. Tucker.
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Webster, 1913
Punitory
· Pu·ni·to·ry
· IPA /ˈpju.nɪ.tɔɹ.i/