Engelsk navneord: retribution | |||
1. | retribution (om forhold) a justly deserved penalty | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | requital | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | penalty | ||
2. | retribution (om handling) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | correction, rectification | ||
3. | retribution (om handling) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | payback, vengeance | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | retaliation, revenge | ||