Shak.
The rewards and punishments of another life.
Locke.
3. (Law) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted
offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of
reformation and prevention.
Pu*ni"tion (?), n. [L. punitio: cf. F. punition. See Punish.]
Punishment. [R.] Mir. for Mag.
Pu"ni*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding,
or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon
man of toiling for his subsistence.