RETRIBUTION


Meaning of RETRIBUTION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ just

▪ terrible

▪ violent

▪ legal , political

Political ~ will fall swiftly on any president who fails in that task.

▪ swift

Retribution will be swift if you cross me.

▪ divine

VERB + RETRIBUTION

▪ demand , seek

▪ exact

▪ bring

▪ fear

RETRIBUTION + VERB

▪ come , follow

Violent ~ soon followed.

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

His armies invaded their lands in ~.

▪ ~ against

~ against wrongdoers

▪ ~ for

He saw his suffering as ~ for the sins of his past life.

▪ ~ from

The celebrity couple clearly feared ~ from their fans.

▪ ~ on

She saw the sentence as just ~ on the man who had assaulted her.

PHRASES

▪ an act of ~

▪ fear of ~

The victim did not report the incident for fear of ~.

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