retribution

Noun
  1. A justly deserved penalty (synset 113321851)
    is a type of: penalty - a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
    same as: requital
  2. The act of correcting for your wrongdoing (synset 100260387)
    is a type of: correction, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
  3. The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life (synset 101238028)
    "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
    is a type of: retaliation, revenge - action taken in return for an injury or offense
    same as: payback, vengeance

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