Punitive
Pronunciation : Pu"ni*tive
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice. If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence. I. Taylor. We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand. Bagehot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913