retribution

/,retri'bju:ʃn/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Punishment inflicted as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act: Retribution refers to a penalty or punishment imposed in response to an offense, often with a sense of moral or cosmic justice.
    • A deserved consequence for wrongdoing: It implies a penalty that is seen as justly deserved, fitting the nature of the misdeed.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • Many believed the earthquake was divine retribution for the city's sins.
    • The criminal faced retribution for his violent crimes.
    • The legal system seeks justice, not personal retribution.
Advanced Usage
  • "Divine retribution": Punishment believed to be inflicted by a god or supernatural force.
    • The ancient myth is a story of divine retribution for human arrogance.
  • "Retributive justice": A system of justice focused on punishment of offenders, as opposed to rehabilitation.
    • His philosophy of law favored retributive justice over restorative models.
Variants and Related Words
  • Retributive (adj): Of, relating to, or characterized by retribution.
    • The sentence had a harsh, retributive quality.
  • Retributory (adj): Another form of the adjective meaning "inflicting retribution."
    • The law's retributory aspect was clear.
Synonyms
  • Punishment: The penalty inflicted for an offense.
  • Vengeance: Punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense.
  • Recompense (archaic/formal in this sense): Repayment or reward, which can be for good or evil.
Related Phrases
  • To exact retribution: To demand and inflict punishment.
    • The victors were poised to exact retribution on the defeated army.
  • A retribution for: A punishment or consequence because of something.
    • He feared a terrible retribution for his betrayal.
Related Idioms
  • An eye for an eye: The principle of demanding retribution that is equivalent to the offense committed.
    • Their culture's legal code was based on an eye for an eye, a literal form of retribution.
  • To meet one's retribution: To finally receive the punishment one deserves.
    • The corrupt official finally met his retribution in a court of law.
Noun
  1. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
    • Vengeance is mine
    • 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
  2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
  3. a justly deserved penalty

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