retribution
Plural: retributions
Noun
- a justly deserved penalty
- the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
- 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
- "the swiftness of divine retribution"
- Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*tréyes
From Latin retribuere (“repay”).
Scrabble Score: 13
retribution: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordretribution: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
retribution: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
retribution: valid Words With Friends Word