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    retribution - Dictionary definition and meaning for word retribution

    Definition
    (noun) a justly deserved penalty
    Synonyms : requital
    Definition
    (noun) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing Definition
    (noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
    Synonyms : payback , vengeance
    Example Sentence
    • 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
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for retribution

RATRI(night)+ABUSE--he abused me at night and got beating from me in the morning, he got RETRIBUTION.

Opposite of tribute. "Re" can mean two things: repeating/reinforcing OR opposite/reverse.<br> Reassured = assure strongly<br> Recurring = repeatedly occurring<br> Reprobation X Approbation<br> Retort X reply sharply <br>

re-distribution means to correct previous distribution...correct wrong doing

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if you retry on girl's butt,if you will be punished badly

retribution,concentrate on 'tribute'.he did not pay a tribute to the dying soldiers,he would be PUNISHED FOR HIS OFFENCE,HE DESERVES A JUST PENALTY

Retribution and Retaliation are similar...

retribution sounds like distribution....x distributed my sweets to every one so i gave him retribution...ie punishment for sth wrong that sb has done......

tribute means a payback, or a gift. So when you retribute, you pay back either by punishing for an offense, or compensation or a paying back by vengeance

retribution rhymes like contribution mahatma gandhi did a lot of contribution so i want to avenge his murderer which is a necessary form of retribution

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