Definition of "retributory" []

• Retributive. (adjective)

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• "Prediction: the Saddam verdict will provoke retributory violence by radical Sunnis, with significant potential for Shi'ite militias to respond via death squads."
• "I have already begun my retributory purposes, as I may call them."
• "And yet, I could understand why Nat Turner would be driven to retaliate against a violent system by retributory violence."