Associations to the word «Retribution»
Noun
- Thirst
- Belief
- Innocent
- Burning
- Exile
- Aggression
- Sinai
- Thriller
- Bounty
- Mankind
- Disclosure
- Ascension
- Revelation
- Angel
- Mercy
- Choir
- God
- Slaughter
- Swift
- Obedience
- Dead
- Ada
- Bombing
- Attack
- Eternity
- Violation
- Death
- Accusation
- Destiny
- Seeker
- Ajax
- Shame
- Judah
- Kill
- Raid
- Abuse
- Depiction
- Gentry
- Hms
- Theft
- Hitler
- Sequel
- Christie
- Repression
- Misery
- Genocide
- Allies
- Trial
- Consequence
- Virtue
- Act
- Witness
- Hell
- Pursuit
- Allegiance
- Eliot
- Rebel
- Antagonist
- Dent
- Censorship
- Certainty
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
RETRIBUTION, noun. Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
Dictionary definition
RETRIBUTION, noun. A justly deserved penalty.
RETRIBUTION, noun. The act of correcting for your wrongdoing.
RETRIBUTION, 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"--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".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.