Words and phrases that have a meaning related to punitive: (115 results)
Antonyms:
rehabilitative
Often used in the same context:
draconian, unilateral, retaliatory, discriminatory, retributive, unjustified, counterproductive, coercive, distortive, unjust, restrictive, unreasonable, onerous, harsher, lenient, confiscatory, punitive damages, unjustifiable, arbitrary, frivolous, vindictive, discriminative, unfair, egregious, imposable, regressive, protectionist, irresponsible, reprehensible, compensatory damages, reformative, prescriptive, inequitable, dissuasive, justifiable, unwarranted, penal, callous, mitigatory, misguided, unwarrantable, highhanded, compensatory, reactionary, noneconomic, unconscionable, remedial, noncomplying, perverse, excessive, monetary, preemptory, wrongheaded, confrontational, exemplary damages, unconstitutional, burdensome, unsporting, shortsighted, opprobrious, wrongful, iniquitous, unmerited, de jure segregation, reckless, anticompetitive, flagrant, blameworthy, drastic, exclusionary, illogical, uncalled, irrational, hypocritical, discouraging, condign, nonjudicial foreclosure, willful, subjective, criminal, oppressive, unsympathetic, draconic, exclusionist, vexatious, condemnatory, regrettable, disfavored, disproportionate, pernicious, sterner, unacceptable, treble damages, unequitable, moralistic, preemptive, unfriendly, stringent, unneighborly, barbaric, proscriptive, erring, repressive, nonpunitive, ameliorative, permissive, preventive, undemocratic, aggressive, corrective, emptive
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Also try:correctional, penitentiary, punitory
— Nouns for punitive: damages, expedition, measures, action, expeditions, sanctions, measure, actions, justice, approach, awards, more...
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