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Meaning of 'retribution' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Retribution [ n.]
- The act of retributing; repayment.
- 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.
- Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.

Meaning of 'retribution' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . retribution [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Example in sentence:
  • For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge;
  • he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him;
  • the swiftness of divine retribution;
  • Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord

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