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Est. 1828
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'retributive'
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3 syllables

  • disjunctive
  • fixative
  • fricative
  • primitive
  • privative
  • inchoative
  • leitmotiv
  • infusive
  • kishinev
  • siccative

4 syllables

  • acquisitive
  • derivative
  • diminutive
  • indicative
  • initiative
  • irritative
  • prohibitive
  • cogitative
  • combinative
  • designative
  • entitative
  • excitative
  • exhibitive

5 syllables

  • deliberative
  • continuative
  • annihilative
  • commiserative
  • first derivative

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Adjectives for retributive:

  • penalty
  • approach
  • violence
  • anger
  • approaches
  • rationale
  • actions
  • aim
  • considerations
  • justification
  • measure
  • theology
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People also search for retributive:

  • senseless
  • voluntarist
  • aesthetic
  • consequentialist
  • vengeful
  • heinous
  • formalistic
  • punitive
  • redemptive
  • utilitarian
  • delusory
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