Definition: inflicting punishment
Usage: punitive justice; punitive damages
Similar words: correctional
Definition: concerned with or providing correction
Usage: a correctional institution
Similar words: penal
Definition: serving as or designed to impose punishment
Usage: penal servitude
Similar words: penitentiary
Definition: used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
Usage: penitentiary institutions
Similar words: retaliatory, retributive, retributory, relatiative, vindicatory
Definition: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
Usage: retributive justice demands an eye for an eye