Found 3 items, similar to Retribution.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: retribution ganjaran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: retribution retribution n 1: a justly deserved penalty [syn: requital] 2: the act of correcting for your wrongdoing 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Retribution Retribution \Ret`ri*bu"tion\, n. [L. retributio: cf. F. r['e]tribution.] 1. The act of retributing; repayment. [1913 Webster] In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong. [1913 Webster] All who have their reward on earth, . . . Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit retribution, empty as their deeds. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment. [1913 Webster] It is a strong argument for a state of retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Syn: Repayment; requital; recompense; payment; retaliation. [1913 Webster]