Usually means: Punishment inflicted for wrongdoing committed.
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  1. retribution: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. retribution: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retribution: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. retribution: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. retribution: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. retribution: Wiktionary
  9. retribution: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. retribution: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. retribution: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. retribution: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Retribution: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. retribution: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  20. retribution: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  3. retribution: Legal dictionary

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noun:  Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.

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