retribution – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
retribution
n.
revenge, retaliation, vengeance; reciprocation, requital, repayment in kind; allocation of rewards and punishment in a future life (Theology)
Retribution
Retribution may refer to:
- Punishment
- Retributive justice, a theory of justice that considers proportionate punishment an acceptable response to crime
- Revenge, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance
retribution
Noun
1. a justly deserved penalty
(synonym) requital
(hypernym) penalty
2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
(hypernym) correction, rectification
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, payback
(hypernym) retaliation, revenge
rétribution
nf.
consideration, thoughtfulness, respectfulness
retribution
n.
trest
