8
corrective
7
punitive(adjective, punishment)
6
penal(adjective, punishing, disciplinary)
5
punitory(adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative, disciplinary)
3
disciplinary(adjective, punishing, penal)
3
retaliatory(adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative, disciplinary)
2
correction
2
retributive
1
amendatory
1
amended
1
castigating(adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative, disciplinary)
1
chastening
1
in reprisal(expression, adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative)
1
in retaliation(expression, adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative)
1
penitentiary
1
reformative
1
reformatory
1
remedial
1
retaliative(adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative, disciplinary)
1
vindicatory
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