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View synonyms for retributive
retributive
[ ri-trib-yuh-tiv ]
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- re·tribu·tive·ly adverb
- unre·tribu·tive adjective
- unre·tribu·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of retributive1
1670–80; obsolete retribute to make retribution (< Latin retribūtus; retribution ) + -ive
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Example Sentences
I felt that Alla would sooner or later urge me on to be the humble means of a retributive justice overtaking him.
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A general shout proclaimed the acquiescence of the other seamen in this act of retributive justice.
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Here are no expressions of malice, no invocations even of God's retributive justice, not a complaint of suffering wrongfully!
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Sadly and prayerfully while she slept lifted he the retributive mallet and beat in her brittle pate.
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Is there no retributive justice dogging his heels, from which all the glories and adulations of earth cannot shield him?
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