retribution 3
noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Examples
- 1.Vengeance is mine
- 2.For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge--James Garfield
- 3.he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
- 4.I will repay, saith the Lord--Romans 12:19
- 5.the swiftness of divine retribution


