Excessive and Punitory

Excessive

Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.

Punitory and excessive are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Punitory" with "Excessive", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Words: excess, excessively

Punitory

Punitory adjective - Inflicting punishment.
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Excessive and punitory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Punitory".
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