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Retribution Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Retribution has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a justly deserved penalty

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"

"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"

4

Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.

Example Sentences
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" noun
"For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge" noun
"he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him" noun
"the swiftness of divine retribution" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
penalty correction retaliation
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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