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Meaning of punitory | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/ˈpju.nɪ.tɔɹ.i/

Definitions

punitive; serving to punish

archaic

Examples

“God […] may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory.”
“the former, a simply imperative law; the other a punitory: but the punitory, if it commands the punishment to be inflicted, and does not merely permit it, is as truly imperative as the other”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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