Retribution
11Retribution — (lat.), Belohnung, Vergeltung …
12Retribution — Retributiōn (lat.), Zurückgebung, Vergeltung …
13retribution — reprisal, vengeance, revenge, *retaliation Analogous words: *reparation, redress, amends, restitution: visitation, tribulation, *trial, affliction Contrasted words: *mercy, clemency, lenity, grace: forgiveness, pardoning or pardon, remitting or… …
14retribution — [n] payback for another’s action avengement, avenging, comeuppance, compensation, counterblow, eye for an eye*, just desserts*, justice, punishment, reckoning, recompense, redress, repayment, reprisal, requital, retaliation, revanche, revenge,… …
15retribution — ► NOUN ▪ punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance. DERIVATIVES retributive adjective retributory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from retribuere assign again …
16retribution — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ just ▪ terrible ▪ violent ▪ legal, political ▪ Political retribution will fall swiftly on any president who fails in that task …
17retribution — n. 1) to exact retribution from; to visit retribution on 2) divine retribution * * * [ˌretrɪ bjuːʃ(ə)n] to visit retribution on divine retribution to exact retribution from …
18retribution — ret|ri|bu|tion [ ,retrı bjuʃn ] noun uncount punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad: Many people were afraid to speak out because of fear of retribution. retribution for: Retribution for the wrongs he had done… …
19retribution — UK [ˌretrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌretrɪˈbjuʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad Many people were afraid to speak out because of fear of retribution. retribution for: Retribution for the… …
20RÉTRIBUTION — s. f. Salaire, récompense du travail qu on a fait, de la peine qu on a prise pour quelqu un, ou du service qu on lui a rendu. Rétribution légitime. Rétribution honnête. Cela mérite rétribution, quelque rétribution …
