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punitive adjective avenging, castigatory, disciplinary, penal, penalizing, punishing, punitory, retributive, talionic, vindictive Associated concepts: punitive action, punitive damages See also: disciplinary, penal, severe, vindictive How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There was a measure of resentment that the primates had acted precipitately and punitively to the ACC by saying that Canada and ECUSA (Episcopal Church in the United States of America) could not be members of the ACC," said Bishop Paterson in an interview. Another important factor that encourages and supports "real" counseling is that counseling in the middle school is not viewed punitively or for "crazy" adolescents. Many doctors feel it will be used punitively rather than to identify opportunities for improvement. |
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