punitive
adj/ˈpju.nɪ.tɪv/
Etymology From Middle French punitif, from Medieval Latin pūnitīvus, from pūniō (“to punish”).
1
Government, Law, Military, Politics, War Inflicting punishment; punishing.
- Beijing imposed punitive sanctions on Canada.
- The jury awarded $10,000 in punitive damages.
2 more examples
- The council took punitive measures against poachers.
- But Judge Alex W. Gabert, in a Rio Grande City courtroom, ordered the punitive damage reduced to conform to a 2003 Texas law that caps punitive damages at twice the amount of economic damages — lost pay — and up to $750,000 on top of noneconomic damages.2006 December 22, “Judge Cuts Amount of Vioxx Award”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2022, retrieved 07 Jun 2011:
- Synonyms
- castigatory, punishmental, punitive, punitory, vindicatory, vindictive
- Antonyms
- nonpunitive, unpunitive
- Derived terms
- impunitive, intropunitive, nonpunitive, punitive damages, punitively, punitiveness, punitive populism, punitive tariff, punitivism, unpunitive
- Related terms
- punishment, inflictive, penal, rehabilitative, vengeful
- Hypernyms
- retaliatory
- Hyponyms
- extrapunitive, intropunitive