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retribution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | payback, vengeance |
| Type of | retaliation, revenge |
the swiftness of divine retribution.
retribution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | correction, rectification |
Examples of retribution
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They can go to straight nightclubs and not fear retribution for their lifestyle.
From the post-gazette.com
All along I thought it would be her idea of retribution, these insane postcards.
From the theatlantic.com
The civilians asked not to be identified for fear of retribution by authorities.
From the stltoday.com
Virtually all insisted on anonymity, fearing retribution if they spoke publicly.
From the nytimes.com
Collectively, Norwegians focus more on memories and the future than retribution.
From the economist.com
This isn't about seeking vengeance, or retribution, or demonizing a human being.
From the usatoday.com
Saddam's brutal retribution against Dujail is what got him hanged last Saturday.
From the time.com
A prepared Boyle apparently chose to accept the retribution, and not fight back.
From the sfgate.com
Hundreds anonymously vent their frustrations there without fear of retribution.
From the businessweek.com
- A justly deserved penalty
- The act of correcting for your wrongdoing
- Vengeance: 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. ...
- Complicity (or Retribution in some markets) is a 2000 film based on the novel Complicity by Iain Banks. The screenplay was written by Bryan Elsley. It was directed by Gavin Millar. These two had previously adapted Banks' The Crow Road into a successful TV serial.
- Retribution is a 1992 album by Florida death metal band Malevolent Creation. It was produced and engineered by Scott Burns
- Retribution, a 2004 legal thriller, is the first novel by Jilliane Hoffman. After being published in January 2004 it became a top-three best seller in the USA and top 10 in Europe. ...
- Retribution is the debut album by German technical death metal band Obscura. It was originally released in 2006 on Vots Records. After the band signed to Relapse Records and released Cosmogenesis, it was decided to reissue Retribution. ...
- "Retribution" is a short poem by Longfellow: He derived this from the work of Friedrich von Logau who in turn was translating a hexameter from Adversus Mathematicos (Against the Mathematicians) by the Greek sceptic philosopher, Sextus Empiricus, who was quoting an unknown poet.
- Retributive justice is a theory of justice that considers that punishment, if proportionate, is a morally acceptable response to crime, with an eye to the satisfaction and psychological benefits it can bestow to the aggrieved party, its intimates and society.
