Retribution — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a justly deserved penalty

the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˌɛtɹɪbjˈuːʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˌɛtɹɪbjˈuːʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˌɛtɹɪbjˈuːʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /ɹˌɛtɹɪbjˈuːʃən/.

Examples

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
he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

vengeance requital payback

Parts of Speech

noun	a justly deserved penalty
noun	the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
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”

Word Forms

pay back

verb

take vengeance on or get even

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Vergeltung

ein gerechtfertigter Elfmeter

🇫🇷French

châtiment

une sanction justement méritée

🇪🇸Spanish

venganza

una pena justamente merecida

🇮🇹Italian

punizione

una punizione giustamente meritata

🇳🇱Dutch

vergelding

een terecht verdiende straf

🇵🇹Portuguese

retribuição

uma pena merecida

🇷🇺Russian

возмездие

справедливо заслуженное наказание

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रतिकार

एक उचित योग्य दंड

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতিশোধ

একটি ন্যায়সঙ্গতভাবে প্রাপ্য শাস্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

பழிவாங்கல்

ஒரு நியாயமான தண்டனை

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రతీకారం

న్యాయంగా అర్హమైన పెనాల్టీ

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रतिशोध

न्याय्यपणे पात्र दंड

🇮🇳Gujarati

બદલો

ન્યાયી રીતે લાયક દંડ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರತೀಕಾರ

ನ್ಯಾಯಯುತವಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಹವಾದ ದಂಡ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രതികാരം

ന്യായമായി അർഹിക്കുന്ന ശിക്ഷ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਲਾ

ਇੱਕ ਉਚਿਤ ਸਜ਼ਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدلہ

ایک مناسب سزا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

报应

应得的惩罚

🇯🇵Japanese

報復

正当に値するペナルティ

🇰🇷Korean

보복

정당하게 받아 마땅한 처벌

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quả báo

một hình phạt xứng đáng

🇹🇭Thai

การลงโทษ

การลงโทษที่สมควรได้รับ

🇮🇩Indonesian

retribusi

hukuman yang pantas diterimanya

🇵🇭Filipino

paghihiganti

isang nararapat na parusa

🇲🇾Malay

pembalasan

hukuman yang setimpal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القصاص

ركلة جزاء مستحقة بحق

🇮🇷Persian

قصاص

یک پنالتی که عادلانه سزاوار است

🇹🇷Turkish

intikam

Hak edilmiş bir ceza

🇮🇱Hebrew

גְמוּל

עונש ראוי בצדק

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