English-Thai Dictionary

retribution

N ผลกรรม สนอง  punishment retaliation pon-kam-sa-nong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETRIBUTION

n. 1. Repayment; return accommodated to the action; reward; compensation.
In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly.
2. A gratuity or present given for services in the place of a salary.
3. The distribution of rewards and punishments 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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETRIBUTION

Ret `ri *bu "tion, n. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

retribution

ret ri bu tion |ˌretrəˈbyo͞oSHən ˌrɛtrəˈbjuʃən | ▶noun punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved: settlers drove the Navajo out of Arizona in retribution for their raids. DERIVATIVES re trib u tive |riˈtribyətiv |adjective, re trib u to ry |riˈtribyəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘recompense for merit or a service ’): from late Latin retributio (n- ), from retribut- ‘assigned again, ’ from the verb retribuere, from re- ‘back ’ + tribuere ‘assign. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

retribution

ret ¦ri |bu ¦tion |rɛtrɪˈbjuːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act: settlers drove the Navajo out of Arizona in retribution for their raids. DERIVATIVES retributive |rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv |adjective, retributory |rɪˈtrɪbjʊt (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘recompense for merit or a service ’): from late Latin retributio (n- ), from retribut- ‘assigned again ’, from the verb retribuere, from re- ‘back ’ + tribuere ‘assign ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

retribution

retribution noun officials condemned the bombing and vowed retribution: punishment, penalty, one's just deserts; revenge, reprisal, requital, retaliation, vengeance, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth ), tit for tat, lex talionis; redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, repayment, atonement, indemnification, amends.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

retribution

retribution noun the assassins were cornered, awaiting inevitable retribution: punishment, penalty, nemesis, fate, doom, one's just deserts, due reward, just reward, wages; justice, retributive justice, poetic justice, judgement, reckoning; revenge, reprisal, requital, retaliation, payback, vengeance, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth ), tit for tat, measure for measure; redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, repayment, damages, satisfaction, remedy, comeback, atonement, amends; informal one's comeuppance; archaic measure.

 

French Dictionary

rétribution

rétribution n. f. nom féminin Rémunération. : Ils ont reçu une juste rétribution pour leur travail.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

retribution

re tri bu tion /rètrɪbjúːʃ (ə )n /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠(当然の )報い, 天罰 ; 報復, 仕返し ▸ the day of retribution 神の審判の日 (Judgment Day )