Usually means: Punishment proportionate to the wrongdoing.
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  1. retributively: Merriam-Webster
  2. retributively: Collins English Dictionary
  3. retributively: Vocabulary.com
  4. retributively: Wiktionary
  5. retributively: Dictionary.com
  6. retributively: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. retributively: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. retributively: Legal dictionary

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adverb:  In a retributive manner.

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