9
punitive(adjective, reward, punishment)
5
disciplinary(adjective, reward, punishing, penal, vengeful)
5
retaliatory(adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative, penal)
4
correctional(adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative, disciplinary)
4
penal(adjective, punishing, disciplinary, punitive)
3
corrective
3
punishing(adjective, reward, disciplinary, penal, vengeful)
3
retributive
1
castigating(adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative, disciplinary)
1
grueling
1
gruelling
1
implacable
1
in reprisal(expression, adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative)
1
in retaliation(expression, adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative)
1
irreconcilable
1
penitentiary
1
rancorous
1
retaliative(adjective, abusive, punishing, vituperative, disciplinary)
1
unappeasable
1
vindictive(adjective, punishing)
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