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Meanings of retributive in anglès
Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution.
Synonyms
Examples for "retaliatory"
Examples for "retaliatory"
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China last year imposed retaliatory tariffs on American farm goods including pork.
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China immediately imposed retaliatory taxes on the same value of US products.
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For example, China puts retaliatory tariffs on US dairy exports into China.
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Of the retaliatory options available to China, none come without potential risks.
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But he was adamant that retaliatory violence would only spark more violence.
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I have already begun my retributory purposes, as I may call them.
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Answer.-Thereare two sorts of retributory punishments.
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Spinoza could not regard the bad man as an object of Divine anger and a subject of retributory punishment.
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So had come vindicatory advertisement gorgeous beyond the little lady's dreams.
Usage of retributive in anglès
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His retributive death was by the hand of an assassin in 1488.
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And all this, again, in the name of eternal and retributive justice.
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Thus retributive justice, in the end, overtook these unjust and cruel men.
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The wrath of man has worked out the retributive justice of God.
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The vengeance he had so subtly planned had turned into retributive justice.
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So had no desire whatever to hand him over to retributive justice.
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There is a retributive justice for those that attempt to grasp opportunities.
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Thus does the retributive principle of temperance put the rod in pickle for
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The day of stern retributive justice was not the time for unseemly triumph.
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Some read the Lord's retributive hand again in the form his madness took.
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His strong convictions in regard to retributive justice were not to be shaken.
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Thus Baptista had sense enough to see the retributive fairness of this issue.
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A stern, a terrible image of retributive justice presented itself before my thoughts.
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His death was generally regarded as an act of retributive justice.
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No steaming dump, no drunk dials, no facial, and no karmic, retributive pissing.
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This begs the question: have we lost sight of the retributive aspect of justice?
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Retributive through the time
Retributive across language varieties
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