Definitions of retributive
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of or relating to or having the nature of retribution“retributive justice demands an eye for an eye”
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synonyms:
relatiative, retaliatory, retributory, vindicatory
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given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts“retributive justice”
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synonyms:
retributory, vindicatory
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just
used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting
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just
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