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.
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.