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retributive

Also ٰ··ٴ·

[ri-trib-yuh-tiv]

adjective

  1. characterized by or involving retribution.

    retributive justice.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • retributively adverb
  • unretributive adjective
  • unretributory adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of retributive1

1670–80; obsolete retribute to make retribution (< Latin ٰūٳܲ; retribution ) + -ive
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A majority of the country is not on board with their wild grievance-laden, retributive agenda.

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“The best hope was their sticking together and fighting the illegal, retributive orders.”

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"There will be no politicization at the FBI. There will be no retributive actions taken by any FBI."

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Gaza's Health Ministry says retributive bombings by Israeli fighter jets have killed 1,100 people and wounded more than 5,000.

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“Some term of imprisonment may serve sentencing’s retributive goals. But only a longer-term period of probation is adequate to ensure that Little will not become an active participant in another riot,” he wrote.

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