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retribution

n.

requital, reprisal, retaliation, just deserts; see punishment, revenge 1.

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Another word for retribution

noun

The act of retaliating:

counteraction, counterattack, counterblow, reciprocation, reprisal, requital, retaliation, revenge, tit for tat, vengeance. Idioms: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, like for like , measure for measure . See attack, forgiveness

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retribution. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Retribution

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I was quite ill afterward, and I wonder if retribution also overtook the turkey.
He decided to back down, in fear of violent retribution.
He considered his unlucky circumstances to be retribution for his past decisions.
Not a single friend, not a single enemy, was forgotten; the slightest service, the slightest wrong, had its place assigned in her faithful and implacable memory for retribution or reward.
The bullies became targets of her retribution.

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