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English noun: retribution | |||
| 1. | retribution (possession) a justly deserved penalty | ||
| Synonyms | requital | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | penalty | ||
| 2. | retribution (act) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | correction, rectification | ||
| 3. | retribution (act) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | payback, vengeance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | retaliation, revenge | ||
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