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Sentence count:111+3Posted:2017-03-07Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: paybackrequitalvengeanceSimilar words: contributiondistributiontribulationattributivecontributingretrospectiontributetribunalMeaning: [‚retrɪ'bjuːʃn]  n. 1. a justly deserved penalty 2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing 3. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life. 
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31. Anyhow, something dreadful in the way of retribution had occurred, in the nature of things.
32. As if by retribution, the sick electrician made a remarkable recovery and the pumps resumed their efficient, reliable operation.
33. For Mankins, seeing Harris die was simple retribution for a heinous crime.
34. The child who has been bumped typically views the act as intentional and worthy of appropriate retribution.
35. Alternatively the violation can be inverted; like a black comedy, or the assertion of a stark revenge or retribution.
36. The chamber also said companies fear retribution from regulators they tattle on.
37. Her two sons sought retribution for their father, but Rlta would rather her sons died than become murderers.
38. If California fell into the ocean, would it be divine retribution for making movies like this?
39. Employees need to be able to express their feelings without fear of retribution.
40. Her two sons sought retribution for their father, but Rita would rather her sons died than become murderers.
41. One might also point to the fear among many politicians of electoral retribution if radical measures turn out to be unpopular.
42. But seldom has a military miscalculation been so gross and retribution so immediate.
43. In addition, some custodial parents do not pursue collection of child support because they fear retribution from the nonpaying parent.
44. But of course he had, and my clumsy attempt to avoid detection only served to make the retribution fiercer.
45. Nicephorus' fleet harried the accessible southern coasts in retribution, but made no firm gains.
46. A story of indiscretion and retribution set in windswept Cornwall.
47. The Justice Model's philosophy consequently relied heavily on retribution as at least a partial justification for punishment.
48. But now we have completed the first of a series of ethical tests and a worrisome cycle downward toward retribution is evident.
49. Another piece of divine retribution for all those hours spent ticking others off came relatively recently.
50. The very nature of anonymous reports naturally prevented any possibility of retribution against wrong-doers reporting the incident.
51. You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retributionNelson Mandela 
52. She has maintained that the charges were being brought in retribution for leaving her employment contract early.
53. It is studded with ancient Dwarf runes of vengeance and retribution.
54. Some officials felt that the bombings were retribution for the killing of the hijackers.
55. The Security Council has wisely ruled out the death penalty(sentencedict.com), however much it might seem justified as retribution.
56. Yet most of the time they resist the temptation to exact retribution, despite the abundant opportunities the game affords.
57. The earthquake was seen by some people as divine retribution.
58. He traded places with a young married man,[sentencedict.com] who was to be slaughtered in retribution for an escaped prisoner.
59. Homosexuals, they claim, have declared war on nature, and nature has exacted an awful retribution.
60. There were few things more calculated to endear a prince to his subjects than a display of stern retribution on unjust officials.
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