as in revenge
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
the neighborhood is being torn apart by an endless cycle of gang violence and retribution
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Is redemption or retribution possible for a murderer?
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Abc News, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
Studies have shown how this workplace climate influences what’s known as psychological safety, or how comfortable an individual is in expressing themselves at work without risking humiliation or retribution.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Instead, their presence tips the narrative into something both more melodramatic and more conventional, with blazing showdowns and a climax of moral retribution worthy of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The Justice Department also said Young has called for retribution against jurors, judges and law enforcement officers involved in prosecuting the Jan. 6 defendants, all of whom are in the Washington area.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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Abc News, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
Studies have shown how this workplace climate influences what’s known as psychological safety, or how comfortable an individual is in expressing themselves at work without risking humiliation or retribution.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Instead, their presence tips the narrative into something both more melodramatic and more conventional, with blazing showdowns and a climax of moral retribution worthy of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
The Justice Department also said Young has called for retribution against jurors, judges and law enforcement officers involved in prosecuting the Jan. 6 defendants, all of whom are in the Washington area.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Retribution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retribution. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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