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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Retribution  \Ret`ri*bu"tion\,  n.  [L.  retributio:  cf  F. 
  r['e]tribution.] 
  1.  The  act  of  retributing  repayment. 
 
  In  good  offices  and  due  retributions,  we  may  not  be 
  pinching  and  niggardly.  --Bp.  Hall. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  given  in  repayment  or  compensation;  return 
  suitable  to  the  merits  or  deserts  of  as  an  action 
  commonly,  condign  punishment  for  evil  or  wrong 
 
  All  who  have  their  reward  on  earth,  .  .  .  Naught 
  seeking  but  the  praise  of  men,  here  find  Fit 
  retribution,  empty  as  their  deeds.  --Milton. 
 
  3.  Specifically,  reward  and  punishment,  as  distributed  at  the 
  general  judgment. 
 
  It  is  a  strong  argument  for  a  state  of  retribution 
  hereafter,  that  in  this  world  virtuous  persons  are 
  very  often  unfortunate,  and  vicious  persons 
  prosperous.  --Addison. 
 
  Syn:  Repayment;  requital;  recompense;  payment;  retaliation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  retribution 
  n  1:  a  justly  deserved  penalty  [syn:  {requittal}] 
  2:  the  act  of  correcting  for  your  wrongdoing 
  3:  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"  [syn:  {vengeance}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RETRIBUTION,  n.  A  rain  of  fire-and-brimstone  that  falls  alike  upon 
  the  just  and  such  of  the  unjust  as  have  not  procured  shelter  by 
  evicting  them 
  In  the  lines  following,  addressed  to  an  Emperor  in  exile  by  Father 
  Gassalasca  Jape,  the  reverend  poet  appears  to  hint  his  sense  of  the 
  improduence  of  turning  about  to  face  Retribution  when  it  is  talking 
  exercise: 
 
  What  what!  Dom  Pedro,  you  desire  to  go 
  Back  to  Brazil  to  end  your  days  in  quiet? 
  Why,  what  assurance  have  you  'twould  be  so? 
  'Tis  not  so  long  since  you  were  in  a  riot, 
  And  your  dear  subjects  showed  a  will  to  fly  at 
  Your  throat  and  shake  you  like  a  rat.  You  know 
  That  empires  are  ungrateful;  are  you  certain 
  Republics  are  less  handy  to  get  hurt  in?




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