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retribution |
Grep of noun retribution retribution Overview of noun retribution The noun retribution has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) retribution, requital -- (a justly deserved penalty) 2. (1) retribution -- (the act of correcting for your wrongdoing) 3. vengeance, retribution -- (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. 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") Overview of noun retribution The noun retribution has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) retribution, requital -- (a justly deserved penalty) 2. (1) retribution -- (the act of correcting for your wrongdoing) 3. vengeance, retribution -- (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. 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")
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