punitive
a. தண்டிக்கிற, தண்டனையாக விதிக்கப்படுகிற, தண்டனை இயல்புடைய.
Pu"ni*tive, a. Defn: Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice. If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence. I. Taylor. We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand. Bagehot.