retribution
n.
revenge, retaliation, vengeance; reciprocation, requital, repayment in kind; allocation of rewards and punishment in a future life (Theology)
Retribution
retribution
Noun
1. a justly deserved penalty
(synonym) requital
(hypernym) penalty
2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
(hypernym) correction, rectification
3. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
(synonym) vengeance, payback
(hypernym) retaliation, revenge
rétribution (f)
n.
consideration, thoughtfulness, respectfulness
Retribution
(n.)
The act of retributing; repayment.
(n.)
That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
(n.)
Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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