The meaning of Retribution

noun

Death, destruction, or some other terrible fate.

Usage examples:

The aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water

verb

Condemn to certain death or destruction.

Usage examples:

Fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed

noun

The development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.

Usage examples:

Fate decided his course for him

verb

Be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The regime was fated to end badly

noun

Something that happens to a person or thing, esp. something final or negative, such as death or defeat

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The fate of numerous smaller buildings is under debate., attendance has not picked up, and the fate…

noun

The ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.

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An error of judgement

noun

→  judgment

noun

Just behaviour or treatment.

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A concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people

noun

The condition of being morally correct or fair

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He accused the police of false arrest and demanded justice., the criminal justice system, a justice…

noun

The system of laws within a country or state by which people are judged and punished

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The decision was welcomed as a great day for the british justice system., prosecutors alleged that …

noun

The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall.

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Injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match

proper noun

A goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris).

noun

Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.

Usage examples:

The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis.

noun

A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract.

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The charge carries a maximum penalty of ten years' imprisonment

noun

A punishment, esp. the usual one, for breaking a law

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Repeat offenders should face stiff/tough penalties., if you pay off the loan early, they’ll charge …

noun

An amount of money that someone is forced to pay for failing to obey a rule, law, etc.

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Taxpayers who do not send in their tax return by the deadline will pay a £100 penalty., exit/early-…

noun

The infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence.

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Crime demands just punishment

noun

The action or process of calculating or estimating something.

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The sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, earl of mar

verb

Establish by calculation.

Usage examples:

His debts were reckoned at £300,000

noun

A calculation that you make

Usage examples:

By my reckoning, we should arrive in ten minutes.

noun

An act of retaliation.

Usage examples:

Three youths died in the reprisals which followed

noun

An act of damage or injury against an enemy in reaction to an act of damage or injury done to you

Usage examples:

[ u ] employees didn’t speak out about the company’s pollution for fear of reprisal.

noun

The action of returning a military attack; counter-attack.

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The bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects

noun

The act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you

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The bomb attack was in retaliation for the recent arrest of two well-known terrorists., she suffere…

noun

The action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands.

Usage examples:

Other spurned wives have taken public revenge on their husbands

verb

Inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to oneself.

Usage examples:

I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you

noun

Harm that you do to someone as a punishment for harm that the person has done to you

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He had been seeking a chance for revenge against those who had helped oust him from his leadership …

noun

A fixed regular payment earned for work or services, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis.

Usage examples:

We were struggling to get better wages

verb

Carry on (a war or campaign).

Usage examples:

It is necessary to destroy their capacity to wage war

noun

→  wage