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Punitive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Punitive has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

inflicting punishment

"punitive justice"

"punitive damages"

2

inflicting punishment, punishing

"The court ordered punitive damages to punish the company for its reckless disregard of safety regulations."

See Also
punitive damages punishing punitively soft power punitory nonpunitive punishment nonpunitively
Related Terms
Antonyms
rehabilitative
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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