retribution
re truh byooh shuhn
- n a justly deserved penalty
- n the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
- n the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
the swiftness of divine retribution
- Critics contend some of the attorneys six of whom had recently received outstanding job-performance ratings were fired as retribution for prosecuting Republicans or for .
- A bad day on the field for a player on the national soccer squad could result in savage retribution: Players had their feet scalded and toenails ripped off for failing to win .
- The point was not childish retribution, but restoration of British "face" with the natives.