retribution 3

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Definition

the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

  • 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

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