punitory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective inflicting punishment
    punitive.
    • punitive justice
    • punitive damages

WordNet

Pu"ni*to*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
    God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. A. Tucker.

Webster 1913