Synonyms for punitive
ˈpyu nɪ tɪv; -ˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr ipuni·tive

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1. punitive, punitoryadjective

   inflicting punishment

   "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"

   Synonyms:
   punitory

   Antonyms:
   rehabilitative

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1. punitiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   penal

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1. List of paraphrases for "punitive":

   repressive, disciplinary, penal, non-punitive

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1. Tom Grieve:

   The balance is how do you protect the community while also protecting the innocence of the defendant. Bail is not supposed to be punitive, the problem is how do you know who is going to be the next Darrell Brooks.

2. The New York Times:

   While Democrats seized on Mr. Floyd’s death last May to highlight racism in policing and other forms of social injustice, Republicans responded to a summer of protests by proposing a raft of punitive new measures governing the right to lawfully assemble, some, like [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis, are labeling them ‘anti-riot’ bills, conflating the right to peaceful protest with the rioting and looting that sometimes resulted from such protests.

3. Charles Raison:

   You don't want to be punitive because usually if you can get them back in treatment, they start doing so much better that they are not going to go running away again.

4. David Whelan:

   We look to the U.S. government to find a way to have him freed and that will involve discussions with the Russian federation and it may involve conciliatory exchanges or it may involve punitive measures like sanctions.

5. Daniel Kelly:

   He’s remaining positive and upbeat, but it's a punitive measure, it's a prison within a prison.