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retributively
adverb
formaluk /rɪˈtrɪb.jə.tɪv.li/ us /rɪˈtrɪb.jə.t̬ɪv.li/
in a way that relates to deserved and severe punishment:
They believe in dispensing justice retributively, and that message has been well received in some sections of the public.
She argued that it was correct for serious crimes to be punished retributively.
The militia group launched a series of what they saw as retributively motivated attacks against the government forces.
From a moral point of view, you have to say that this is a retributively unfair punishment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Punishing & punishments
ankle bracelet
ankle tag
attach
ball and chain
bar
be brought/called to accountidiom
discipline
endorsement
fixed penalty
flay
flay someone aliveidiom
get what's coming to youidiom
gross misconduct
penalty
sentence
skin someone aliveidiom
slam dunk
sort
sort something out
spare the rod and spoil the childidiom
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