punishmental

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punishmental

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From punishment + -al.

adjective

  1. not comparable, rare punitive The “cat” is now a recognised term for the punishmental whip.

    Similar: castigatory, penitentiary, penal, penary, punishmental, punitive, punitory, vindicatory, vindictive

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@misc{punishmental_2026,
  title = {punishmental},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/punishmental},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}