Antonyms of adj punitive

1 sense of punitive

Sense 1
punitive (vs. rehabilitative), punitory -- (inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages")

rehabilitative (vs. punitive) -- (designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative treatment")

Similarity of adj punitive

1 sense of punitive

Sense 1
punitive (vs. rehabilitative), punitory -- (inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages")
       => correctional -- (concerned with or providing correction; "a correctional institution")
       => penal -- (serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude")
       => penitentiary -- (used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers; "penitentiary institutions")
       => retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory -- (of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye")