retribution
See also: rétribution
English
[edit]Etymology
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From Latin retribuere (“repay”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]retribution (countable and uncountable, plural retributions)
- Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
- 1983, Richard A. Posner, The economics of justice, m p.208:
- Whereas retribution focuses on the offender's wrong, retaliation focuses on the impulse of the victim (or of those who sympathize with him) to strike back at the offender.
- 1999, Barbara Hanawalt, Medieval crime and social control, page 73:
- 1. Revenge is for an injury; retribution is for a wrong.
2. Retribution sets an internal limit to the amount of the punishment according to the seriousness of the wrong; revenge need not.
3. Revenge is personal; the agent of retribution need have no special or personal tie to the victim of the wrong for which he exacts retribution.
4. Revenge involves a particular emotional tone, pleasure in the suffering of another, while retribution need involve no emotional tone.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:revenge
Hypernyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance
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