Definition of retribution in English:

retribution

noun rɛtrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)nˌrɛtrəˈbjuʃ(ə)n

mass noun

Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution
Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death
divine retribution
Example sentencesExamples
- Every fiber of her cried out for revenge, for retribution, for something to let her strike back.
- Laertes, Polonius' son, returns with a mob from Paris and demands retribution against Hamlet.
- But fear of retribution may prevent the poor from exercising their informal and even legal rights.
- The consequences of ignoring these self-regulatory practices is to suffer the officials' ire and retribution.
- One purpose of a term of imprisonment is to secure just retribution for society, the other is to secure the rehabilitation of the prisoner.
- He also had to think about his credibility, which was too valuable to be squandered on gratuitous retribution.
- Austin's plan was a perfect way for him to get retribution for past pain.
- In that regard, not only did they open themselves up to ethical retribution, but to potential criminal prosecution under both federal and local law.
- Louis entered Dijon not to scenes of rebellion and retribution, but to one of proper submission and loyalty.
- The lex talionus, or law of retribution, teaches that the punishment should fit the crime.
- Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death.
- That law is intended to keep processors from seeking retribution against growers who organize to bargain.
- In thinking about ethical justice, we veer between the notions of forgiveness and retribution.
- She uses the reunion with her father as an opportunity to exact retribution upon everyone who has mistreated her.
- Fundamentalist clergy wandered the back roads and river paths between Staines and Richmond, calling for divine retribution.
- Anonymity was the order of the day, and fear of retribution was high.
- According to media reports, the company, in retribution, then halted the payment of the workers' May salaries.
- People were free to criticize the government, without fear of retribution!
- The sermon preaches Christian hope and faith rather than retribution.
- Now Fairon depicted a different sort of pirate: a man, a hurt man, who had a grudge and needed retribution.
Synonyms
punishment, penalty, nemesis, fate, doom, one's just deserts, due reward, just reward, wages
justice, retributive justice, poetic justice, judgement, reckoning
revenge, reprisal, requital, retaliation, payback, vengeance, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth), tit for tat, measure for measure
redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, repayment, damages, satisfaction, remedy, comeback, atonement, amends
informal one's comeuppance
archaic measure

Derivatives

retributive

adjective rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪvrəˈtrɪbjədɪv

It is arbitrary to impose a sentence that can neither be justified on preventive grounds nor justified on the basis of retributive proportionality.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is important to note, however, that Brown held that the definition of punishment should not be limited to retributive actions.
- Whether nature or nurture, a common point was the change in attitudes regarding the purpose of justice, shifting from retributive to reformative intent.
- The desires involved in these kinds of moral and personal feelings are of the same category as those involved in retributive punishment as we are now understanding it.
- You have distinguished between a restorative form of justice and a retributive form of justice.

retributory

adjective rɪˈtrɪbjʊt(ə)ri

In the principles of justice, the concept of retributory justice is important to the victims and the society.
Example sentencesExamples
- Blaming the self may allow the perceived deflection of interpersonal hostility and result in a shield against retributory threat from the external environment.
- My own moral intuition wishes that people in general, and law professors in particular, understood retributory bloodlust as a natural human reaction, but one that we should learn to suppress, not to indulge in.

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'.

Rhymes

ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, destitution, dilution, diminution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, execution, institution, interlocution, irresolution, Lilliputian, locution, perlocution, persecution, pollution, prosecution, prostitution, restitution, Rosicrucian, solution, substitution, volution

Definition of retribution in US English:

retribution

nounˌretrəˈbyo͞oSH(ə)nˌrɛtrəˈbjuʃ(ə)n

Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution
Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death
divine retribution
Example sentencesExamples
- Laertes, Polonius' son, returns with a mob from Paris and demands retribution against Hamlet.
- Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death.
- Now Fairon depicted a different sort of pirate: a man, a hurt man, who had a grudge and needed retribution.
- Louis entered Dijon not to scenes of rebellion and retribution, but to one of proper submission and loyalty.
- The sermon preaches Christian hope and faith rather than retribution.
- In thinking about ethical justice, we veer between the notions of forgiveness and retribution.
- The lex talionus, or law of retribution, teaches that the punishment should fit the crime.
- She uses the reunion with her father as an opportunity to exact retribution upon everyone who has mistreated her.
- Anonymity was the order of the day, and fear of retribution was high.
- The consequences of ignoring these self-regulatory practices is to suffer the officials' ire and retribution.
- That law is intended to keep processors from seeking retribution against growers who organize to bargain.
- One purpose of a term of imprisonment is to secure just retribution for society, the other is to secure the rehabilitation of the prisoner.
- People were free to criticize the government, without fear of retribution!
- According to media reports, the company, in retribution, then halted the payment of the workers' May salaries.
- In that regard, not only did they open themselves up to ethical retribution, but to potential criminal prosecution under both federal and local law.
- But fear of retribution may prevent the poor from exercising their informal and even legal rights.
- Fundamentalist clergy wandered the back roads and river paths between Staines and Richmond, calling for divine retribution.
- Austin's plan was a perfect way for him to get retribution for past pain.
- He also had to think about his credibility, which was too valuable to be squandered on gratuitous retribution.
- Every fiber of her cried out for revenge, for retribution, for something to let her strike back.
Synonyms
punishment, penalty, nemesis, fate, doom, one's just deserts, due reward, just reward, wages

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’.

词汇	retribution
释义	Definition of retribution in English: retribution noun rɛtrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)nˌrɛtrəˈbjuʃ(ə)n mass noun Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death divine retribution Example sentencesExamples Every fiber of her cried out for revenge, for retribution, for something to let her strike back. Laertes, Polonius' son, returns with a mob from Paris and demands retribution against Hamlet. But fear of retribution may prevent the poor from exercising their informal and even legal rights. The consequences of ignoring these self-regulatory practices is to suffer the officials' ire and retribution. One purpose of a term of imprisonment is to secure just retribution for society, the other is to secure the rehabilitation of the prisoner. He also had to think about his credibility, which was too valuable to be squandered on gratuitous retribution. Austin's plan was a perfect way for him to get retribution for past pain. In that regard, not only did they open themselves up to ethical retribution, but to potential criminal prosecution under both federal and local law. Louis entered Dijon not to scenes of rebellion and retribution, but to one of proper submission and loyalty. The lex talionus, or law of retribution, teaches that the punishment should fit the crime. Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death. That law is intended to keep processors from seeking retribution against growers who organize to bargain. In thinking about ethical justice, we veer between the notions of forgiveness and retribution. She uses the reunion with her father as an opportunity to exact retribution upon everyone who has mistreated her. Fundamentalist clergy wandered the back roads and river paths between Staines and Richmond, calling for divine retribution. Anonymity was the order of the day, and fear of retribution was high. According to media reports, the company, in retribution, then halted the payment of the workers' May salaries. People were free to criticize the government, without fear of retribution! The sermon preaches Christian hope and faith rather than retribution. Now Fairon depicted a different sort of pirate: a man, a hurt man, who had a grudge and needed retribution. Synonyms punishment, penalty, nemesis, fate, doom, one's just deserts, due reward, just reward, wages justice, retributive justice, poetic justice, judgement, reckoning revenge, reprisal, requital, retaliation, payback, vengeance, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth), tit for tat, measure for measure redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, repayment, damages, satisfaction, remedy, comeback, atonement, amends informal one's comeuppance archaic measure Derivatives retributive adjective rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪvrəˈtrɪbjədɪv It is arbitrary to impose a sentence that can neither be justified on preventive grounds nor justified on the basis of retributive proportionality. Example sentencesExamples It is important to note, however, that Brown held that the definition of punishment should not be limited to retributive actions. Whether nature or nurture, a common point was the change in attitudes regarding the purpose of justice, shifting from retributive to reformative intent. The desires involved in these kinds of moral and personal feelings are of the same category as those involved in retributive punishment as we are now understanding it. You have distinguished between a restorative form of justice and a retributive form of justice. retributory adjective rɪˈtrɪbjʊt(ə)ri In the principles of justice, the concept of retributory justice is important to the victims and the society. Example sentencesExamples Blaming the self may allow the perceived deflection of interpersonal hostility and result in a shield against retributory threat from the external environment. My own moral intuition wishes that people in general, and law professors in particular, understood retributory bloodlust as a natural human reaction, but one that we should learn to suppress, not to indulge in. 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'. Rhymes ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, destitution, dilution, diminution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, execution, institution, interlocution, irresolution, Lilliputian, locution, perlocution, persecution, pollution, prosecution, prostitution, restitution, Rosicrucian, solution, substitution, volution Definition of retribution in US English: retribution nounˌretrəˈbyo͞oSH(ə)nˌrɛtrəˈbjuʃ(ə)n Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death divine retribution Example sentencesExamples Laertes, Polonius' son, returns with a mob from Paris and demands retribution against Hamlet. Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death. Now Fairon depicted a different sort of pirate: a man, a hurt man, who had a grudge and needed retribution. Louis entered Dijon not to scenes of rebellion and retribution, but to one of proper submission and loyalty. The sermon preaches Christian hope and faith rather than retribution. In thinking about ethical justice, we veer between the notions of forgiveness and retribution. The lex talionus, or law of retribution, teaches that the punishment should fit the crime. She uses the reunion with her father as an opportunity to exact retribution upon everyone who has mistreated her. Anonymity was the order of the day, and fear of retribution was high. The consequences of ignoring these self-regulatory practices is to suffer the officials' ire and retribution. That law is intended to keep processors from seeking retribution against growers who organize to bargain. One purpose of a term of imprisonment is to secure just retribution for society, the other is to secure the rehabilitation of the prisoner. People were free to criticize the government, without fear of retribution! According to media reports, the company, in retribution, then halted the payment of the workers' May salaries. In that regard, not only did they open themselves up to ethical retribution, but to potential criminal prosecution under both federal and local law. But fear of retribution may prevent the poor from exercising their informal and even legal rights. Fundamentalist clergy wandered the back roads and river paths between Staines and Richmond, calling for divine retribution. Austin's plan was a perfect way for him to get retribution for past pain. He also had to think about his credibility, which was too valuable to be squandered on gratuitous retribution. Every fiber of her cried out for revenge, for retribution, for something to let her strike back. Synonyms punishment, penalty, nemesis, fate, doom, one's just deserts, due reward, just reward, wages 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’.
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