Meaning of punitory | Babel Free
/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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.