Punitory
//ˈpju.nɪ.tɔɹ.i//
"Punitory" in a Sentence (2 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
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