RETRIBUTION
\ɹˌɛtɹɪbjˈuːʃən], \ɹˌɛtɹɪbjˈuːʃən], \ɹ_ˌɛ_t_ɹ_ɪ_b_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of RETRIBUTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of retributing; repayment.
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That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
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Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
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The act of retributing; repayment.
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That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
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Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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