| Main Entry: | penal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disciplinary |
Synonyms: |
chastening, corrective, penalizing, punishing, punitive, punitory, reformatory, retributive |
| Notes: | penal means 'relating to punishment' while punitive means 'serving to punish' |
| Main Entry: | corrective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, curing |
Synonyms: |
antidotal, counteracting, curative, disciplinary, palliative, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic |
Antonyms: |
harmful, hurtful, hurting, injurious, paining |
| Main Entry: | punitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning punishment |
Synonyms: |
castigating, correctional, disciplinary, in reprisal, in retaliation, penal, punishing, punitory, retaliative, retaliatory, revengeful, vindictive |
| Notes: | penal means 'relating to punishment' while punitive means 'serving to punish' |
Antonyms: |
beneficial, rewarding |
| Main Entry: | punitory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | punishing |
Synonyms: |
castigating, correctional, disciplinary, in reprisal, in retaliation, penal, retaliative, retaliatory, revengeful, vindictive |
| Main Entry: | reformative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrective |
Synonyms: |
amendatory, antidotal, counteracting, curative, disciplinary, emendatory, palliative, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic |