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RETRIBUTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts
Example:
retributive justice
Synonyms:
retributive; retributory; vindicatory
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just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
Example:
retributive justice demands an eye for an eye
Synonyms:
retaliative; retaliatory; retributive; retributory; vindicatory
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