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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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See also

Punjabi punk punk-ass punk-like punk-rocky punkadelic

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