adjective
- Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution.
- usage: "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
- synonyms: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory
- Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts.
- usage: "retributive justice"
- synonyms: retributive, retributory
- Providing justification.
- synonyms: justificative, justificatory
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