punitory

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpjunɪtɔri/ UK /ˈpjuːnɪtəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
inflicting or intended as punishment

The court imposed punitory damages on the firm.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · inflicting or intended as... punitive penal retributive corrective disciplinary

Opposites

remedial compensatory

Word family

Related forms punitive punition punish punishment

Etymology

From Latin punitorius ('punishing'), from punire ('to punish'), from poena ('penalty').

punitorius Latin punire Latin poena Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# punitory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈpjunɪtɔri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpjuːnɪtəri/

## Meanings
1. inflicting or intended as punishment

## Examples
- The court imposed punitory damages on the firm.

## Synonyms
- punitive
- penal
- retributive
- corrective
- disciplinary

## Antonyms
- remedial
- compensatory

## Related Forms
- punitive
- punition
- punish
- punishment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: punitorius
- Root: punire
- Root: poena

## Etymology
From Latin punitorius ('punishing'), from punire ('to punish'), from poena ('penalty').

## AI Etymology
Punitory comes from Latin punitorius ('punishing'), from punire ('to punish'), from poena ('penalty'). The historical chain includes Latin punitorius, Latin punire, and Latin poena. The quoted older senses, "punishing", "to punish", and "penalty", supply the semantic anchors for punitory. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word punitory carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "inflicting or intended as punishment". Related English forms include punitive, punition, punish, and punishment. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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