retribution

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a justly deserved penalty (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
requital
• Hypernyms:
penalty
2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
correction, rectification
3. 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
• Syn:
vengeance, payback
• Derivationally related forms:
pay back (for: payback)
• Hypernyms:
retaliation, revenge

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  vengeance, payback, requital