Retribution Definition

rĕtrə-byo͝oshən
noun
Punishment administered in return for a wrong committed.
American Heritage
Suitable repayment for one's actions; requital.
Webster's New World
Punishment or reward distributed in a future life based on performance in this one.
American Heritage
Punishment for evil done.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Retribution

Noun

Singular:
retribution
Plural:
retributions

Origin of Retribution

  • Middle English retribucion repayment, reward from Old French retribution from Late Latin retribūtiō retribūtiōn- from Latin retribūtus past participle of retribuere to pay back re- re- tribuere to grant tribe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin, from retribuere (“assign again").

    From Wiktionary

Retribution Sentence Examples

  • He decided to back down, in fear of violent retribution.

  • The bullies became targets of her retribution.

  • I was quite ill afterward, and I wonder if retribution also overtook the turkey.

  • He considered his unlucky circumstances to be retribution for his past decisions.

  • Not a single friend, not a single enemy, was forgotten; the slightest service, the slightest wrong, had its place assigned in her faithful and implacable memory for retribution or reward.

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Words Starting With

RRERET

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With R and Ending With N

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