Retribution (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of correcting for your wrongdoing.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A justly deserved penalty.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The company's financial collapse was seen as retribution for its years of reckless and irresponsible business practices.
- The corrupt politician's imprisonment was viewed by many as retribution for his decades of embezzlement and abuse of power.
- The team's humiliating loss was retribution for their arrogant and dismissive attitude towards their opponents in the days leading up to the game.
- The environmental disaster was seen as retribution for the city's years of neglect and disregard for the well-being of its natural surroundings.
- The former dictator's trial was a form of retribution for the atrocities he had committed during his time in power.
Synonyms
Meaning 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".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.