retribution

Noun

Meaning

The act of retributing; repayment.

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.

Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.

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The idea of sin and retribution is just an attempt to hide behind the shield of superstition. You are trying to find rational causes where there aren't any. George Alec Effinger

I shall add that only he who has decided to commit suicide can start a nuclear war in the hope of emerging a victor from it. No matter what the attacker might possess, no matter what method of unleashing nuclear war he chooses, he will not attain his aims. Retribution will inevitably ensue. Leonid Brezhnev

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers. Ron Silver

There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him. Arthur Conan Doyle

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature. Hosea Ballou

Once you have decided to hit someone, then hit them hard because the retribution will be the same whether you hit hard or not. Arabic Proverb

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