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retributive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retributory, vindicatory |
retributive justice.
retributive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retaliative, retaliatory, retributory, vindicatory |
retributive justice demands an eye for an eye.
Examples of retributive
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We may want to penalize them for retributive justice but it won't be a deterrence.
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You can still feel a sense of retributive justice by your own recovery.
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For a while, it seems even Evey, the movie's conscience, may abandon V's retributive plan.
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Bush possesses Lyndon Johnson's penchant for secrecy, without retributive sense of justice.
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The non-retributive, class-based nature of affirmative action is perhaps its strongest asset.
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The Igbo believe in the concept of Ofo and Ogu, which is like the law of retributive justice.
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By most codes of retributive justice, execution is the only worthy end to such a brutal life.
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Show trials tend to be retributive rather than correctionaljustice.
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Chandler's idea of retributive justice is to overaccentuate anything positive about her subject.
From the theatlantic.com
- Retaliatory: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
- Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice"
- Pertaining to recompense to a guilty party according to what the offense deserves
