VDict - Definition of retributive

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retributive

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Adjective

given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts
- retributive justice

of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
- retributive justice demands an eye for an eye

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Synonyms:
retributory vindicatory retaliatory relatiative

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retributive retributory vindicatory relatiative retaliatory

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