PUNITORY

punitive, punitory

(adjective) inflicting punishment; “punitive justice”; “punitive damages”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

punitory (comparative more punitory, superlative most punitory)

punitive; tending to punish

• A. Tucker

Source: Wiktionary


Pu"ni*to*ry, a.

Definition: Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. A. Tucker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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