( v. t. )
To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal.
( v. t. )
To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012