retribution
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noun
punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act:
｟かたく｠ «…への» (当然の)報い, 天罰; 報復, 仕返し «for» ; 報復行為
e.g. employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution
e.g. Minos threatened war against Athens in retribution for his son's death
e.g. divine retribution.
DERIVATIVES
retributive |rəˈtribyədiv| adjective
retributory |riˈtribyəˌtôrē| adjective
ORIGIN
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘recompense for merit or a service’): from late Latin retributio(n-), from retribut- ‘assigned again’, from the verb retribuere, from re- ‘back’ + tribuere ‘assign’.