Retribution

Word RETRIBUTION
Character 11
Hyphenation ret ri bu tion
Pronunciations /ˌɹɛtɹɪˈbjuʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Retribution"

What do we mean by retribution?

Punishment administered in return for a wrong committed. noun

Punishment or reward distributed in a future life based on performance in this one. noun

The act of retributing or paying back for past good or evil; hence, that which is given in return; requital according to merits or deserts, in present use generally restricted to the requital of evil, or punishment; retaliation. noun

In theology, the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life. noun

Simply a continuance of the present (continuance theory); noun

A life of gradual development by means of discipline (purgatory), or future redemptive influences (future probation). noun

Synonyms Vengeance, Retaliation, etc. (see revenge), repayment, payment. noun

The act of retributing; repayment. noun

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. noun

Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment. noun

Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance. noun

The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life noun

A justly deserved penalty noun

The act of correcting for your wrongdoing noun

Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.

Just reward or punishment for actions done Urban Dictionary

Just reward or punishment for actions done Urban Dictionary

When I decide I didn't like what you just did, and take action Urban Dictionary

The name of the sex act in which a woman is on top of her male partner, then as she climaxes she punches him in the nose, yells "Unicorn Laser Beam" and then uses the blood to draw a unicorn horn on his head. Urban Dictionary

A retribution car is the vehicle you buy after your original car has been taken away/sold without your approval (for example: your original car was taken in a divorce settlement or was sold by a co-signer). The retribution car is a better, saucier, or somehow sassier vehicle than the original. Urban Dictionary

The act of shitting on someone or on their property in order to get revenge. Urban Dictionary

The act of a person defecating on another's penis immediately after they are sodomized. Urban Dictionary

A airsoft team that that the leader doesn’t give a fuck about there team and could care less about his friends and the fold under pressure 100% of the time Urban Dictionary

On bottom Urban Dictionary

No. I don't care if you're using it. I said use it. I love all of the shows. It's getting to a point where I can't even keep up with all of them. I would love to get all list of all of the shows. I don't even know what I'm supposed to be watching... Urban Dictionary

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The word "retribution" in example sentences

Boehner says NUH-UH: Jim Jordan and I may not always agree on strategy, but we are friends and allies, and the word retribution is not in my vocabulary. ❋ Eliot Nelson (2011)

It also claimed responsibility for the bombings in Uganda during the World Cup last year, part of what it called retribution for the presence of African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. ❋ By MOHAMMED IBRAHIM (2011)

If one of them were to nuke anyone else, the risk of profound socioeconomic retribution from the rest of the world would be enough for "thinking" leaders to re-think. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She's stayed with him, and the big worry is possible retribution from the drug people. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I feel this type of retribution is a far more appropriate punishment for your threatened crime. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Except for those five, who if recent history is a guide will be excoriated by the right wing smearcasters, subjected to promises of retribution from the GOP leadership, and attacked by the goose-stepping jackals of the right wing-nut political militia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though the exact contents of the Facebook post and the previously mentioned letter are not clear, it is obvious that the Palins did not, at the time of the email, intend to put any more political muscle behind Miller's candidacy, and were specifically withholding support they had intended to give in retribution for Miller's failure to support Palin's presidential aspirations. ❋ "AKMuckraker" (2010)

Consequently, China's rare earth retribution is stirring an extremely uneasy reaction. ❋ Sarah Stephens (2010)

[The death] [penalty] is a common form of retribution for [murder] ❋ Shibata12 (2007)

[The death] [penalty] is a common form of retribution for [murder] ❋ Shibata12 (2007)

BITCH GET [OUTTA] THE WAY! [THE TRUCK'S] COMING RIGHT FOR US Damn so that's [divine retribution]... ❋ Oradio10 (2021)

I found out he was cheating, so I Bloody Retributioned his ass... [the picture's] on my [fridge]. Don't you just love [unicorns]? ❋ Angelicacharisma (2012)

[Bridget]: My dad was an a-hole and sold my super cute 2004 carolla without my permission! Eden: Oh my god! What did you do? Bridget: I bought an even cuter 1987 2-door BMW in amazing condition. I [paid in full] so the title is [in my name] and sent him some pics of the new vehicle. Eden: Nice retribution car! ❋ Gahana (2006)

Hey, last night in [sneaked] into my ex-girlfriends house and shit in her clothes [hamper]. Wow, [that's what] I call fecal retribution. ❋ Dmetz (2010)

"It went really well until I got some [tainted retribution]" "My boyfriend really wanted to try butt sex [for the longest] time, so to turn him off from it I gave him a tainted retribution the first time [we did it]" ❋ Ash0ka (2009)

[Team retribution] is a [doodoo] team and [folds] to anything or anyone that challenges them ❋ Daddy Speedsofter (2021)

Person 1: Have you heard of [Team retribution]? Person 2: Is that the [team] with [the leader] that can't speak for the whole team? Person 1: Yeah. That's them. ❋ PandaOnTop (2021)

Hym "But don't try to frame it as some kind of [karmic retribution]. That isn't what it is. I've sat here for an enitre year watching you toss up sandbags to try and divert the current into the river of karmic retribution as you project your [profit motive] and desire for attention on to me. If whoever that was would have kept their moth shut about 'a plagiarism' we wouldn't be here right now. What I was doing wouldn't have effected ANYONE. And now you don't like the effect it's had. And if you DO like the effect it's had, the 'effect' you're enjoying is 'at least 1 death child.' Is that YOUR karmic retribution? Is that KARMA Taylor? The [dead kid] that killed himself after watching the show where [Tsugumi] Ohba ripped a monologue off Urban Dictionary as an introduction to the show's final antagonist. Oh yes! I feel the karma! I can taste the irony! Bet you didn't know that. Bet you didn't know that my karmic retribution didn't effect me as much as it did that kid's parents." ❋ Hym Iam (2023)

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