Retributive is valid Scrabble Word

Is retributive a scrabble word?
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11 letters word
16 points in Scrabble
19 points in WWF

Definitions for RETRIBUTIVE in dictionary:

NOUN:

punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act

ADJECTIVE:

relating to retribution
Alt. of Retributory
of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

of, relating to, or marked by retribution

Words related to RETRIBUTIVE

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Words that contain RETRIBUTIVE

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How to use RETRIBUTIVE in a sentence

The latest facts of science present this universe as not only progressive, but as retributive.
The vengeance he had so subtly planned had turned into retributive justice.
The first outburst of the retributive storm fell upon the head of Shadwell.
Retributive justice must march on in its majestic course.
Not to them alone has Time hastened to bring that retributive justice which falls alike on empires and individuals.
Robert felt that it had been overtaken by retributive justice, and, despite the chill that was shaking him, he was shaken also by a great thrill of joy.
It was a striking scene of retributive justice, On our entering the apartment where Digby lay, the wretched man raised himself upon his elbow.
This, to a man possessing the feelings and education of a gentleman, amounted to something like retributive justice upon his prodigality.
But mark how their pride was rebuked and their cruelty punished, under the moral and retributive government of God.
Talk about retributive justice, this is the most direct piece of retribution I ever heard of.

The Scottish kings had, for some time, been attempting to annex the islands, and, in 1263, Hakon of Norway invaded Scotland as a retributive measure.
That was a disgraceful business if you like! But public feeling was so bitter and retributive that the practice was speedily discontinued.
And in the present case the fundamental thought is that of repeated births of the soul, each birth trailing retributive effects from the foregone.
So to a wicked soul all objects, operations, and influences of the moral creation become hostile and retributive, making a hell of the whole universe.
It has often been argued that with the denial of a retributive life beyond the grave all restraints are taken off from the passions, free course given to every impulse.
These unfortunate beings he meets every day of his life, and listens so often to the same story of shameful abuse and retributive suffering that he dreads to hear it repeated.
By the action of retributive fate the point of the weapon pierced the chest of Kosuke.
Huge bonfires were lit, and the party, secure that, for twenty-four hours at least, the Spaniards could attempt no retributive measures, sat down to enjoy the banquet.
Such were the awful dispensations of retributive justice.
Two of them appeared so pre-eminent in dishonesty, that the most determined advocates of the old system could not ward off retributive justice.
Shadows of Godâ€™s retributive act are fast gathering.
In the moral elevation of her soul it seemed like an act of retributive justice.
It is interesting to note how the punishments are devised to balance in truly retributive fashion the crimes mentioned.
I need hardly say that neither Eric nor his friends took any part in this retributive act.
He could never succeed in hiding that crime and retributive justice would of a surety overtake him then, without any help from her.
Particularly retributive were the punishments visited upon Messrs.
The prisoners in the county jail appeared to sense this wave of retributive hatred, for they paced their cells like caged beasts.
Among other customs which these people invariably practise, is one that is highly deserving of notice, as it carries with it some idea of retributive justice.
It was a case of retributive justice with a vengeance.
Methinks something has been working strangely retributive.
Moreover, there was retributive justice in the sentence, that doomed him to undergo tortures similar to those he had so often inflicted on others.
Thus Baptista had sense enough to see the retributive fairness of this issue.
My hoe becomes an instrument of retributive justice.
Kitty, on scanty reflection, was at no loss to translate Peterâ€™s reserve into a language at once flattering and retributive.
In the history of nations, as of individuals, there is often singular retributive mercy as well as retributive justice.

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