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retribution - Dictionary definition and meaning for retribution

RETRIBUTION

  • (noun) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

  • (noun) 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"

    synonyms : payback , vengeance

  • (noun) a justly deserved penalty

    synonyms : requital

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for retribution

  • (Tag: Hindi) RATRI(night)+ABUSE--he abused me at night and got beating from me in the morning, he got RETRIBUTION.

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  • (Tag: ) Opposite of tribute. "Re" can mean two things: repeating/reinforcing OR opposite/reverse.
    Reassured = assure strongly
    Recurring = repeatedly occurring
    Reprobation X Approbation
    Retort X reply sharply

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  • (Tag: ) re-distribution means to correct previous distribution...correct wrong doing

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  • (Tag: ) retribution,concentrate on 'tribute'.he did not pay a tribute to the dying soldiers,he would be PUNISHED FOR HIS OFFENCE,HE DESERVES A JUST PENALTY

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  • (Tag: ) if you retry on girl's butt,if you will be punished badly

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  • (Tag: ) Retribution and Retaliation are similar...

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  • (Tag: ) retribution sounds like distribution....x distributed my sweets to every one so i gave him retribution...ie punishment for sth wrong that sb has done......

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  • (Tag: hindi) retribution rhymes like contribution mahatma gandhi did a lot of contribution so i want to avenge his murderer which is a necessary form of retribution

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  • (Tag: ) tribute means a payback, or a gift. So when you retribute, you pay back either by punishing for an offense, or compensation or a paying back by vengeance

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