Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Punitory · Pu·ni·to·ry · IPA /ˈpju.nɪ.tɔɹ.i/ 01 a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. 1. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. “God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory.” — A. Tucker.