retribution

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

noun a justly deserved penalty
noun the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; --Romans 12:19; --James Garfield

PIE word *tréyes From Latin retribuere (“repay”).

DICK HAYDEN MEETS WITH RETRIBUTION. — The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus, Horatio, Jr. Alger
Bah! it is only retribution!" — Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter, Lawrence L. Lynch
However, retribution came to them afterward. — The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain

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