retributive in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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retributive [Brit rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv, Am rəˈtrɪbjədɪv] ADJ form

retributive in the PONS Dictionary

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Physical suffering and humiliation were considered appropriate retributive justice for the crimes they had committed.
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Retributive theories generally take proportionality into account and consider the perpetrator's record of previous wrongdoing.
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Most versions of retributive justice argue that the amount of punishment should be proportional to the amount of harm caused.
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The system values peace over justice, and has retributive and restorative aspects.
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Nothing about his current ailments reduces his culpability and thus they do not lessen the retributive or deterrent purposes of the death penalty.
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A victim may continue to seek revenge or desire punishment, e.g. as in retributive justice systems.
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Modern alternatives to retributive measures include psychiatric imprisonment, restorative justice and transformative justice.
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Others that support it, do so on self-defense or retributive justice grounds.
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This section considers the two major accounts of retributive justice, and their answers to these questions.
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The expression is occasionally used for acts that took place before this date, to denote a retributive act.
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