retribution, n.
(retributions)
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(retributions)
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the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
retribution
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a justly deserved penalty
<noun.possession> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
requital retribution
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the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
payback retribution vengeance
sample sentences
"Vengeance is mineI 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"
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