单词 | retributory |
释义 | retributory (once / 337695 pages) adj WORD FAMILY retributory USAGE EXAMPLESYet it could establish a basic retributory process, not least because Sinn Fein, the likeliest spoiler, seems willing to accept it. Economist(May 08, 2014) Were even the gods not exempt from retributory justice? Isham, Frederic Stewart, Under the Rose(2010) In violent hands, but deadly sure and retributory. Moore, John Trotwood, The Bishop of Cottontown—A Story of...(2010) 1adj of or relating to or having the nature of retribution Syn relatiative, retaliatory, retributive, vindicatory punitive, punitory inflicting punishment 2adj given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts Syn retributive, vindicatory just used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting |
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