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Definition of Retributive
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution. "Retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
Similar to: Punitive, Punitory
Derivative terms: Retaliate, Retaliate
2. Adjective. Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts. "Retributive justice"
Definition of Retributive
1. a. Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.
Definition of Retributive
1. Adjective. Relating to retribution; retaliatory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retributive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retributive
Literary usage of Retributive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1908)
"This is due to the facts that moral judgments spring from moral emotions ; that
the moral emotions are retributive emotions ; that a retributive emotion is ..."
2. Jurisprudence, Or, The Theory of the Law by John William Salmond (1907)
"retributive Punishment. We have considered criminal justice in three of its
aspects— namely as deterrent, disabling, and reformative—and we have now to deal ..."
3. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: His Life and by Daniel Defoe, William Lee (1869)
"A Plea for retributive Justice. A. ]., Jan. 28.—I once wrote a Letter to you to
Know your Opinion, whether the Directors of the South Sea Company ..."
4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1816)
"... retributive Spirit exercised by the Emperor at tke Funeral of kis Mother.
IN whatsoever country we seek for original genius' we ..."
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