RETRIBUTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
   Hypernyms(s) retribution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • correction (what does correction mean?)
   • rectification (what does rectification mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
   • I will repay, saith the Lord”–Romans 12:19
   Synonym(s)
   • payback (what does payback mean?)
   • vengeance (what does vengeance mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Vengeance is mine
   • For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great
   Hypernyms(s) retribution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • retaliation (what does retaliation mean?)
   • revenge (what does revenge mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pay back (what does pay back mean?)
   • pay off (what does pay off mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • fix (what does fix mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a justly deserved penalty
   Synonym(s)
   • requital (what does requital mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) retribution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • penalty (what does penalty mean?)