retribution 音标拼音: [r
, ɛtrəbj'uʃən]
n . 报应,惩罚,报复
报应,惩罚,报复
retribution n 1 :
a justly deserved penalty [
synonym : {
retribution }, {
requital }]
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 " [
synonym : {
vengeance }, {
retribution },
{
payback }]
Retribution \
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n . [
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1 .
The act of retributing ;
repayment .
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In good offices and due retributions ,
we may not be pinching and niggardly . --
Bp .
Hall .
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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 .
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All who have their reward on earth , . . .
Naught seeking but the praise of men ,
here find Fit retribution ,
empty as their deeds . --
Milton .
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3 .
Specifically ,
reward and punishment ,
as distributed at the general judgment .
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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 .
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Syn :
Repayment ;
requital ;
recompense ;
payment ;
retaliation .
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Retributive 78 Moby Thesaurus words for "
retribution ":
affliction ,
amends ,
atonement ,
avengement ,
avenging ,
blood money ,
castigation ,
chastening ,
chastisement ,
comeuppance ,
compensation ,
condign punishment ,
consideration ,
correction ,
counterblow ,
damages ,
desert ,
deserts ,
disciplinary measures ,
discipline ,
ferule ,
guerdon ,
honorarium ,
indemnification ,
indemnity ,
infliction ,
judgment ,
judicial punishment ,
just deserts ,
justice ,
making good ,
meed ,
nemesis ,
pains ,
pains and punishments ,
pay ,
paying back ,
payment ,
penal retribution ,
penalty ,
penology ,
price ,
punishment ,
punition ,
quid pro quo ,
quittance ,
recompense ,
redress ,
refund ,
reimbursement ,
remuneration ,
reparation ,
repayment ,
reprisal ,
requital ,
requitement ,
restitution ,
retaliation ,
retributive justice ,
return ,
revanche ,
revenge ,
reward ,
salvage ,
satisfaction ,
scourge ,
smart money ,
solatium ,
squaring ,
trial ,
tribulation ,
vengeance ,
visitation ,
well -
deserved punishment ,
wergild ,
what is due ,
what is merited ,
what -
for
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RETRIBUTION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster With its prefix re-, meaning "back", retribution means literally "payback" And indeed we usually use it when talking about personal revenge, whether it's retribution for an insult in a high-school corridor or retribution for a guerrilla attack on a government building
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