nonpunitive
Without imposing penalties
Nonpunitive describes approaches or measures that don't involve punishment.
A nonpunitive discipline policy focuses on correction and learning rather than penalties.
In healthcare, nonpunitive error reporting encourages staff to disclose mistakes without fear of reprisal: The hospital adopted a nonpunitive approach to medication errors.
Tolerant, lacking strictness
- lenientTolerant of faults
- indulgentToo willing to yield
- patientAble to wait calmly
- flexibleAble to bend freely
accommodating · liberal · lax · easygoing · mild · forbearing · nonjudgmental · accepting
Group pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- exonerationOfficial clearing of blame
reprieve · acquittal · vindication · remission · condonation · waiver · grace · forbearance
Promoting return to health
- correctiveDesigned to remedy flaws
- therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
- remedialIntended to fix problems
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
reintegration · treatment · recovery · reentry · vocational · education · supportive · behavioral
Disposed toward forgiveness
- humaneMarked by kindness
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- empatheticFeeling what others feel
kindness · gentle · gracious · sympathetic · charitable · magnanimous · goodwill · caring
permissive
Tolerant, lacking strictness
flexible · accommodating · liberal · lax · easygoing · mild · forbearing · nonjudgmental · accepting · open-minded
amnesty
Group pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
exoneration · reprieve · acquittal · vindication · remission · condonation · waiver · grace · forbearance · reconciliation
restorative
Promoting return to health
- correctiveDesigned to remedy flaws
- therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
- remedialIntended to fix problems
counseling · reintegration · treatment · recovery · reentry · vocational · education · supportive · behavioral · empowerment
merciful
Disposed toward forgiveness
- humaneMarked by kindness
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
- understandingMental comprehension of something
empathetic · kindness · gentle · gracious · sympathetic · charitable · magnanimous · goodwill · caring · considerate
nonpunitivepunitive
Inflicting or intending penalty
penal · retributive · penalizing · disciplinary · punishing
punish, punishment, punished, punishing, penance, punitive, impunity, penitentiary, punitiveness