What does punitory mean?
Punitory means (archaic) punitive; serving to punish.
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/ˈpju.nɪ.tɔɹ.i/ · adjective
(archaic) punitive; serving to punish.
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
Use punitory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Punitory means (archaic) punitive; serving to punish.
Common synonyms include castigatory, vindicatory, vindictive, punishmental.
Possible antonyms include rehabilitative.
God […] may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory.
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