punitory adj 1: inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages" [syn: {punitive}, {punitory}] [ant: {rehabilitative}]
Punitory \Pu"ni*to*ry\, a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. [1913 Webster] God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. --A. Tucker. [1913 Webster]