retributive

Speech parts

1. retributive - Adjective

2. retributive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Retributory

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

retaliatory vindicatory retributory retaliative correctional penal reciprocal punishing corrective vengeful vindictive remunerative chastening revertible punitory
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Antonyms

direct evil ineffective deadly foul unjust
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Examples

retributive justice demands an eye for an eye Source: Internet

retributive justice Source: Internet

Applying his retributive theory, Rothbard states that a thief "must pay double the extent of theft". Source: Internet

He urged Christians to stop counting the number of times they forgive and desist from the practice of retributive justice in the Old Testament of “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” as good followers of Christ. Source: Internet

It is the aim of this attempted balance between retributive and restorative justice that, it is hoped, will enable the ICC to not only bring criminals to justice but also help the victims themselves obtain some form of justice. Source: Internet

There are varying opinions as to whether the restorative justice method (as employed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission) is more or less effective than the retributive justice method (which was used during the Nuremberg Trials). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

retributional retributionary retributionist retributively retributiveness retributivism