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Meanings of retributive in English

Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution.

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Usage of retributive in English
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His retributive death was by the hand of an assassin in 1488.
The Tragedies of the Medici
2
And all this, again, in the name of eternal and retributive justice.
Criminal Sociology
3
Thus retributive justice, in the end, overtook these unjust and cruel men.
Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia
4
The wrath of man has worked out the retributive justice of God.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 / Devoted To...
5
The vengeance he had so subtly planned had turned into retributive justice.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
6
So had no desire whatever to hand him over to retributive justice.
The Pawns Count
7
There is a retributive justice for those that attempt to grasp opportunities.
The Snowshoe Trail
8
Thus does the retributive principle of temperance put the rod in pickle for
A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel
9
The day of stern retributive justice was not the time for unseemly triumph.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
10
Some read the Lord's retributive hand again in the form his madness took.
Shining Ferry
11
His strong convictions in regard to retributive justice were not to be shaken.
The Crew of the Water Wagtail
12
Thus Baptista had sense enough to see the retributive fairness of this issue.
A Changed Man, and Other Tales
13
A stern, a terrible image of retributive justice presented itself before my thoughts.
Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
14
His death was generally regarded as an act of retributive justice.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
15
No steaming dump, no drunk dials, no facial, and no karmic, retributive pissing.
Assholes finish first
16
This begs the question: have we lost sight of the retributive aspect of justice?
Jamaica Observer
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