retribution

retribution is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of retributing; repayment. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of retributing; repayment.
2. noun. That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
3. noun. Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
4. noun. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
5. noun. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life--Romans 12:19--James Garfield

   "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"

   Synonyms: payback, vengeance

6. noun. a justly deserved penalty

   Synonyms: requital

Synonyms

payback, vengeance, requital

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