Definition of "nonpunitive" [nonpunitive]

• Not punitive. (adjective)

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• "Not everyone (thank goodness!) goes as far as Blackstone Group Chairman Steve Schwarzman, with his ill-judged comparison to Hitler's invasion of Poland, but fund manager Dan Loeb spoke for the broader financial fraternity last month when he accused the president of abandoning free-market capitalism and the Constitution's guarantee of freedom from "nonpunitive" taxation."
• "He was willing to take this momentous step because of his basic war aim of a nonpunitive peace and new world order."
• "Such concerns are peripheral for banks that potentially were going to have trouble refinancing maturing debt at nonpunitive prices."