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1. (n.) retribution
requital according to merits or deserts, esp. for evil.
2. retribution
something given or inflicted in such requital.
3. retribution
Theol. the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME retribucioun < MF < LL retribūtiō (calque of Gk
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1. (noun) retribution, requital
a justly deserved penalty
2. (noun) retribution
the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
3. (noun) vengeance, retribution, payback
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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1. (noun) retribution
the act of retributing; repayment
2. (noun) retribution
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
3. (noun) retribution
specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment
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Sense: punishment, especially deserved.
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 Afrikaans: straf, vergelding |
 Arabic: جَزاء، عِقاب |
 Bulgarian: възмездие |
 Brazilian: castigo |
 Czech: trest, odplata |
 German: die Vergeltung |
 Danish: gengældelse |
 Greek: (δίκαιη) τιμωρία |
 Spanish: justo castigo |
 Estonian: karistus |
 Farsi: کیفر؛ مجازات |
 Finnish: rangaistus |
 French: châtiment |
 Hebrew: גְמוּל |
 Hindi: प्रतिकार |
 Croatian: odmazda |
 Hungarian: büntetés |
 Indonesian: hukuman |
 Icelandic: réttlát refsing, makleg m |
 Italian: castigo, punizione |
 Japanese: 報い |
 Korean: 앙갚음 |
 Lithuanian: atpildas, pelnyta bausmė |
 Latvian: sods; atmaksa |
 Malay: pembalasan |
 Dutch: vergelding |
 Norwegian: (velfortjent) straff; gje |
 Polish: kara |
 Persian: کیفر؛ مجازات |
 Pashto: سزاوركونه ،مجازات،ترټنه ا |
 Portuguese: castigo |
 Romanian: pedeapsă |
 Russian: возмездие |
 Slovak: odplata, pomsta |
 Slovenian: kazen |
 Serbian: odmazda |
 Swedish: vedergällning, straff |
 Thai: ผลกรรมสนอง |
 Turkish: hak edilen ceza |
 Taiwanese: 應得的懲罰 |
 Ukrainian: відплата, кара |
 Urdu: سزا |
 Vietnamese: sự trừng phạt |
 Chinese: 应得的惩罚惩罚，报偿 |
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