PUNITIVE Antonyms

• relating to or characterized by charity

• full of love and generosity

• showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

• showing or having compassion

• share the suffering of

• showing concern for the rights and feelings of others

• inclined or able to forgive and show mercy

• providing absolution

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature

• quiet and soothing

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• easily handled or managed

• having little impact

• marked by moderate steepness

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• stroke soothingly

• characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

• tolerant or lenient

• being favorably inclined

• having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• agreeable, conducive to comfort

• tolerant and forgiving under provocation

• tolerant or lenient

• not strict

• characterized by tolerance and mercy

• showing or giving mercy

• (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious

• designed to accomplish rehabilitation

• helping to restore to good condition