Explore Retribution through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like penalty or correction. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Retribution meaning
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
Synonyms of Retribution
Using Retribution
- The main meaning on this page is: Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
- Useful related words include: requital, penalty, correction, rectification.
- In the example corpus, retribution often appears in combinations such as: of retribution, retribution for, for retribution.
Context around Retribution
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retribution
- In this selection, "retribution" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thriller, force, woman, prosecution, isn and push stand out and add context to how "retribution" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fear of retribution and a terrible retribution. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retribution" sits close to words such as aggies, aidan and arrogance, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retribution
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is it just retribution? (4 words)
It was a terrible retribution. (5 words)
But you must understand that penal policy is not about retribution. (11 words)
Her supporters have long argued that Van Houten, a rootless and damaged child of a broken home, described by one of her original lawyers as being 'nutty as a fruitcake', has been entirely rehabilitated and was merely being kept behind bars as retribution. (43 words)
An immigration tribunal in Canada has ruled that a Sikh man who “housed and fed Khalistani militants” in India should be allowed into the North American country as he did so “mostly out of necessity” and fear of retribution. (39 words)
Many Western governments, led by the United States, supported and even embraced wholeheartedly Israel’s vow to exact absolute revenge, an unconditional support that came to haunt them later when the extent of the retribution reached biblical proportions. (38 words)
Is it just retribution? (4 words)
Example sentences (20)
Neeson stars in a new action thriller, Retribution, which opens on August 25. In honor of Retribution, we ranked Neeson's seven best action movies.
According to journalists and human rights groups, journalists engaged in self-censorship due to fear of security force retribution, prosecution under the DSA, and the possibility of being charged with politically motivated cases.
Ajayi said the movies to be exhibited in cinemas for August are ‘Akuddaya’, ‘Meg 2’, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja’, ‘A Bag of Trouble’, ‘Blue Beetle’, ‘Mikolo’, ‘The Modern Woman’, ‘Retribution’, and ‘Kesari’.
A leftwing activist is calling for the Holy Bible to be banned in a Utah school district as retribution for conservative efforts to protect children from inappropriate sexual content and radical ideology.
And you know the 48-hours window period that we normally have to investigate would not be sufficient due to the fact that witnesses may fear retribution from these individuals.
Angry GOP lawmakers complained that local officials were en route to the Capitol and accused Pappas of retribution and unethical conduct.
An immigration tribunal in Canada has ruled that a Sikh man who “housed and fed Khalistani militants” in India should be allowed into the North American country as he did so “mostly out of necessity” and fear of retribution.
A truly vibrant and democratic society requires the unrestricted ability to express oneself without fear of retribution.
But he said on Truth Social that he acknowledged Meta’s decision and added that this kind of thing must not happen again to a sitting President or anyone who doesn’t deserve retribution.
But you must understand that penal policy is not about retribution.
Dwelling on 2020 and vowing “retribution” isn’t much of a campaign strategy.
For Dover, finding his daughter is his only priority and his parental instincts, mixed with justified retribution, push him to a point of no return.
For Giles, the Washington killer whale researcher, her biggest concern is that the longer the whales continue this behavior, the more likely it is they’ll get injured or suffer retribution at the hands of humans.
For instance, donors may face the fear of retribution or extortion by the parties in power.
Get your tix to the Rodgers vengeance and retribution tour 2023.
Her supporters have long argued that Van Houten, a rootless and damaged child of a broken home, described by one of her original lawyers as being 'nutty as a fruitcake', has been entirely rehabilitated and was merely being kept behind bars as retribution.
Is it just retribution?
It was a terrible retribution.
Khalistani separatists were accused of detonating the bomb as retribution for the violence in 1984.
Many Western governments, led by the United States, supported and even embraced wholeheartedly Israel’s vow to exact absolute revenge, an unconditional support that came to haunt them later when the extent of the retribution reached biblical proportions.
Common combinations with retribution
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of retribution 36×
- retribution for 35×
- for retribution 14×
- retribution against 13×
- retribution and 11×
- and retribution 11×
- in retribution 10×
- as retribution 8×
- retribution from 8×
- the retribution 6×