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   Ret·ri·bu·tion

   /ˌretrəˈbyo͞oSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act: "employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘recompense for merit or a service’): from late Latin retributio(n-), from retribut- ‘assigned again’, from the verb retribuere, from re- ‘back’ + tribuere ‘assign’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. retributive adjective
   • 2. retributory adjective

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   Synonyms for RETRIBUTION: requital, punishment, reprisal, retaliation, vengeance, revenge, payback, compensation, correction, justice, nemesis, penalty, recompense; Antonyms for RETRIBUTION: forgiveness, pardon, sympathy.

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