Retribution синоним

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1. retribution

   Revenge is the act of making return for an injury done to oneself by doing injury to another person. Retaliation and revenge are personal and often bitter. Retaliation may be partial; revenge is meant to be complete, and may be excessive. Vengeance, which once meant an indignant vindication of justice, now signifies the most furious and unsparing revenge. Revenge emphasizes more the personal injury in return for which it is inflicted, vengeance the ill desert of those upon whom it is inflicted. A requital is strictly an even return, such as to quit one of obligation for what has been received, and even if poor or unworthy is given as complete and adequate. Avenging and retribution give a solemn sense of exact justice, avenging being more personal in its infliction, whether by God or man, and retribution the impersonal visitation of the doom of righteous law. Compare AVENGE; HATRED; REQUITE.

   Synonyms:
   avenging, requital, retaliation, revenge, vengeance

   Antonyms:
   compassion, excuse, forgiveness, grace, mercy, pardon, pardon, pity, reconciliation

   Preposition:
   To take revenge upon the enemy, for the injury.

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1. retribution

   Synonyms:
   penalty, repayment, reward, compensation, punishment, visitation

   Antonyms:
   condonation, remission, pardon, reprieve, non-retribution, sparing

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. retribution, requitalnoun

   a justly deserved penalty

   Synonyms:
   vengeance, requital, payback, payment

2. retributionnoun

   the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

   Synonyms:
   vengeance, requital, payback

3. vengeance, retribution, paybacknoun

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

   «Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord»—Romans 12:19; «For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge»—James Garfield; «he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him»; «the swiftness of divine retribution»

   Synonyms:
   vengeance, requital, payback

Matched Categories

1. • Correction
   • Penalty
   • Retaliation

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1. Mossack Fonseca:

   Legitimate whistleblowers who expose unquestionable wrongdoing, whether insiders or outsiders, deserve immunity from government retribution, full stop.

2. Cicero:

   There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

3. Timothy Dolan:

   Enough of blame. Enough of retribution. Enough of accusation. We need to get together and say,’ Let’s make this work,’.

4. Pete Theodocion:

   It’s natural for you to want retribution or revenge, but we have to elevate ourselves … even if it’s the tough thing.

5. Veryan Khan:

   Islamic State executions are not merely retribution by the state for behavior seen as illegal, the Islamic State uses executions to intimidate and dominate the local population, for diplomatic communiqus to world leaders, for recruitment purposes and to demonstrate the organization is in complete control.

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