Definition of Retrebution
Ret`ri*bu"tion (?), n. [L.
retributio: cf. F. rétribution.]
1. The act of retributing; repayment.
In good offices and due retributions, we may not
be pinching and niggardly. Bp. Hall.
2. 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.
All who have their reward on earth, . . .
Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find
Fit retribution, empty as their deeds.
Milton.
3. Specifically, reward and punishment, as
distributed at the general judgment.
It is a strong argument for a state of
retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are
very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous.
Addison.
Syn. -- Repayment; requital; recompense; payment;
retaliation.
Ret`ri*bu"tion (?), n. [L.
retributio: cf. F. rétribution.]
1. The act of retributing; repayment.
In good offices and due retributions, we may not
be pinching and niggardly. Bp. Hall.
2. 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.
All who have their reward on earth, . . .
Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find
Fit retribution, empty as their deeds.
Milton.
3. Specifically, reward and punishment, as
distributed at the general judgment.
It is a strong argument for a state of
retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are
very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous.
Addison.
Syn. -- Repayment; requital; recompense; payment;
retaliation.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon
the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by
evicting them.
In the lines following, addressed to an Emperor in exile by Father
Gassalasca Jape, the reverend poet appears to hint his sense of the
improduence of turning about to face Retribution when it is talking
exercise:
What, what! Dom Pedro, you desire to go
Back to Brazil to end your days in quiet?
Why, what assurance have you 'twould be so?
'Tis not so long since you were in a riot,
And your dear subjects showed a will to fly at
Your throat and shake you like a rat. You know
That empires are ungrateful; are you certain
Republics are less handy to get hurt in?
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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