How do you pronounce punitory?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpju.nɪ.tɔɹ.i/.

punitory

/ˈpju.nɪ.tɔɹ.i/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"God […] may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory."
"the former, a simply imperative law; the other a punitory: but the punitory, if it commands the punishment to be inflicted, and does not merely permit it, is as truly imperative as the other"

more punitory (comparative) most punitory (superlative)

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