Noun Definition

retribution

1.Definition: a justly deserved penalty

Related Noun(s):requital

Category: General

2.Definition: the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

Category: General

3.Definition: 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", "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge", "He swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him", "The swiftness of divine retribution"

Related Noun(s):payback, vengeance

Category: General