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Showing words for PUNITORY using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Punitory

punitory

7 Letter Words for Punitory

pronity, ruption, turnipy

6 Letter Words for Punitory

inport, inpour, outpry, pioury, pointy, purity, roupit, tropin, turion, turnip, unpity, uptorn

5 Letter Words for Punitory

input, intro, iortn, irony, nitro, nitry, norit, orpin, orpit, pinot, pinto, piony, pirny, pirot, piton, point, ponty, porny, porty, potin, pouty, poynt, print, prion, proin, proyn, prunt, punti, punto, punty, purin, purty, puton, pynot, roupy, runty, rutin, tourn, tripy, turin, turio, unity, unpot, unrip, untop, yourn, yourt, yupon

4 Letter Words for Punitory

inro, into, intr, iron, nito, noir, nori, noup, nout, oint, ourn, outr, pino, pint, pion, pioy, pirn, pity, pont, pony, porn, port, pory, poti, pour, pout, prin, prio, pron, prut, ptui, puir, punt, puny, puri, pyin, pyot, pyro, riot, ript, roin, roit, ront, ropy, roti, roun, roup, rout, royt, ruin, runt, rynt, ryot, tiny, tipu, tony, topi, tori, torn, toru, toun, toup, tour, trin, trio, trip, tron, trop, troy, trun, tryp, tuno, tuny, tupi, turn, turp, tyin, typo, tyro, unio, unit, unto, upon, yirn, yoni, yont, youp, your, yurt

3 Letter Words for Punitory

int, ion, iou, ipo, ipr, iyo, nip, nit, nor, not, noy, nur, nut, oni, ont, ony, opt, ort, ory, oui, oup, our, out, pin, pir, pit, piu, poi, pon, por, pot, poy, prn, pro, pry, pty, pun, pur, put, puy, pyr, rin, rio, rip, rit, roi, ron, rot, rpt, rti, run, rut, tin, tip, tiu, toi, ton, top, tor, tou, toy, tpi, tri, trp, try, tui, tun, tup, tur, tuy, typ, tyr, uit, uni, unp, upo, urn, urp, uti, yin, yip, yoi, yon, yor, yot, you, yup

Definitions for Punitory

[1] serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
[2] relating to, involving, or with the intention of inflicting punishment a punitive expedition

Words related to Punitory

punitivepunishing, vindictive, disciplinary, penal, retaliatory, revengeful, correctional, retaliative

Words nearby Punitory

punitivepunish, punishable, punishing, punishment, punition, punitive, punitive damages, punjab, punjab states, punjabi, punji stake

Origin of Punitory

ive1615–25; < Medieval Latin pūnītīvus of punishment, equivalent to Latin pūnīt(us ) (past participle of pūnīre to punish) + -īvus -ive

Words that may be confused with Punitory

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, punitivepenal, penological, punitive

Other words from Punitory

pu·ni·tive·ly , adverb
pu·ni·tive·ness , noun
non·pu·ni·tive , adjective
non·pu·ni·to·ry , adjective
self-pu·ni·tive , adjective
sem·i·pu·ni·tive , adjective
sem·i·pu·ni·to·ry , adjective
un·pu·ni·tive , adjective

Word origin for Punitory

iveC17: from Medieval Latin pūnītīvus concerning punishment, from Latin pūnīre to punish

Synonyms for Punitory

castigating, correctional, disciplinary, in reprisal, in retaliation, penal, retaliative, retaliatory, revengeful, vindictive