Definition for Retribution:

• Reward or punishment suitable to the action.

Synonyms for Retribution:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • retribution.
  •atonement (noun)
  • appeasement,
  • satisfaction,
  • Recompensation,
  • amends,
  • redemption,
  • atonement,
  • restitution.
  •castigation (noun)
  • chewing outs.
  •comeuppance (noun)
  • due reward,
  • just punishment.
  •counteraction (noun)
  • neutralization,
  • counter-balance,
  • counterstrike,
  • counteroffensive,
  • counter-balances,
  • counter-offensive,
  • countermoves,
  • countermove,
  • neutralizations.
  •counterattack (noun)
  • counter attack,
  • counter attacks.
  •counterblow (noun)
  • counter blows,
  • counter-blows,
  • counter-blow.
  •deserts (noun)
  • de-serving,
  • what is coming one,
  • re-turns,
  • deservings,
  • talions,
  • de-sert,
  • Re-turn,
  • de sert,
  • chastenings,
  • what one is asking fors,
  • re turn,
  • what is asking fors,
  • re turns,
  • de servings,
  • what is asking for,
  • de serving,
  • get hi,
  • disciplinings,
  • get her,
  • de-servings.
  •due (noun)
  • re payment,
  • re payments,
  • be line for,
  • re-payments,
  • re-payment.
  •eye for an eye (noun)
  • tooth for a teeth,
  • tooth for teeth,
  • eye for eye,
  • tooth for tooth.
  •guerdon (noun)
  • satisfas.
  •payback for another's action (noun)
  • reckoning,
  • revanche,
  • recompense,
  • avenging,
  • reprisal,
  • punishment,
  • just desserts,
  • repayment,
  • requital,
  • what for,
  • counterblow,
  • justice,
  • retaliation.
  •payment (noun)
  • fee,
  • wage,
  • incentive,
  • bankroll,
  • payroll,
  • expenditure,
  • settlement,
  • installment,
  • reimbursement,
  • salary,
  • disbursement,
  • discharge,
  • remuneration.
  •payoff (noun)
  • final reckoning.
  •penalty (noun)
  • discipline,
  • drawback,
  • discount,
  • penalty,
  • fine,
  • premium,
  • forfeiture,
  • encumbrance,
  • correction,
  • burden,
  • handicap,
  • chastisement,
  • deduction,
  • abatement.
  •penance (noun)
  • re-morses,
  • self-flagellations,
  • sackcloth and ash,
  • expiations,
  • sackcloth ashes,
  • re-morse,
  • selfflagellations,
  • sackcloth ash,
  • self flagellation,
  • selfflagellation,
  • re morse,
  • re morses,
  • self flagellations.
  •poetic justice (noun)
  • retributive justice,
  • virtue rewarded,
  • punitive action,
  • warrantability.
  •punishment (noun)
  • crucifixion,
  • distress,
  • imprisonment,
  • castigation,
  • persecution,
  • incarceration,
  • verdict,
  • anguish,
  • price,
  • torture,
  • execution,
  • sentence,
  • agony,
  • confinement,
  • affliction.
  •reciprocation (noun)
  • a tooth for tooth,
  • inter changes,
  • inter-changes,
  • inter change,
  • a tooth for teeth,
  • a tooth for a teeth.
  •redress (noun)
  • re pairs,
  • re-pairs,
  • re-missions,
  • re establishments,
  • re dress,
  • re-lief,
  • re-habilitations,
  • re-formations,
  • re lief,
  • re-modelings,
  • re-visions,
  • re vision,
  • re-mission,
  • re-establishments,
  • re modeling,
  • re workings,
  • re-working,
  • re modelings,
  • re habilitation,
  • offsettings,
  • re-dresses,
  • re habilitations,
  • re-pair,
  • re working,
  • re-dress,
  • re-modeling,
  • re-vision,
  • re formation,
  • re formations,
  • re-habilitation,
  • re dresses,
  • re mission,
  • re establishment,
  • reestablishments,
  • re visions,
  • re-workings,
  • re pair,
  • re missions.
  •refund (noun)
  • give backs,
  • dis charge,
  • re funds,
  • dis counts,
  • give-backs,
  • give-ups,
  • re-bates,
  • dis-charges,
  • re bates,
  • givebacks,
  • giveups,
  • re-fund,
  • re fund,
  • dis-counts,
  • re-bate,
  • dis charges,
  • giveup,
  • dis-charge,
  • give ups,
  • money backs,
  • re-funds,
  • re bate.
  •reparation (noun)
  • making goods,
  • squaring thing,
  • propitiations.
  •reprisal (noun)
  • counter stroke,
  • counter-strokes,
  • paying backs,
  • counter strokes,
  • avengings,
  • avengements.
  •requital (noun)
  • just deserts,
  • recaliation.
  •retaliation (noun)
  • exchange,
  • return,
  • countercharge,
  • counteraction,
  • response,
  • reciprocation,
  • retort.
  •revenge (noun)
  • sortie,
  • counterplay,
  • avengment,
  • spitefulness,
  • ruthlessness,
  • counterinsurgency.
  •reward (noun)
  • sweetener,
  • Carrots,
  • carrot,
  • feather in cap,
  • Sweeteners.
  •vengeance (noun)
  • evening score,
  • settling score.
  •visitation (noun)
  • visitation.

• v.

  •revenge (verb)
  • comeback,
  • vendetta.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • counterattack,
  • tit for tat.
  •
  • measure for measure,
  • like for like,
  • an eye for an eye.
  •
  • lesson.

Paraphrases for Retribution:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    vengeance.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    revenge.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    counter-violence, repression, reward, victimization, victimisation, honorarium, honoraria, recrimination, penalization, consideration.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    retaliation, reprisal, punishment, retaliatory, remuneration, compensation, payback, chastisement, vindictiveness, sanction, vendetta, penalty, penance.

Antonyms for Retribution:

• n.

  • payback for another's action
    forgiveness, sympathy, pardon.
  • Other antonyms:
    grace, clemency, remission, reconciliation, compassion, leniency, lenity, pity, mercy, excuse.

Retribution Sentence Examples:

• In the case of the French Revolution, indeed, the wickedness of certain of its leaders was part of the retribution itself.

• She hurled herself at Tom as he gloated over his enjoyment, and would have asked nothing better than to treat him as he was treating the kittens - righteous retribution in her case, not enjoyment!

Hyponym for Retribution:

• n.

  • act
    correction, rectification.