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punishmental

punishmental adjective: punitive.

Adjective

punishmental (not comparable)

  1. (rare) punitive
    • The “cat” is now a recognised term for the punishmental whip.1874, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal, page 111
    • This confused picture, coupled with the opinion of most people that most drivers (including themselves) violate laws fairly frequently, suggests a pattern of belief that it is not the punishmental aspects of the TLS that create safety.1975, The traffic law system: readings from research; draft two, page 233

Synonyms of punishmental

Origin of punishmental

From punishment + -al.

Questions about punishmental

What does punishmental mean?
Punishmental means punitive.
What part of speech is punishmental?
Punishmental is an adjective.

Words near punishmental in the dictionary

  1. punishingly
  2. punishingness
  3. punishings
  4. punishment
  5. punishment pass
  6. punishmental
  7. punishments
  8. punisht
  9. Punit
  10. punition
  11. punitional

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