retributionn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛtrᵻˈbjuːʃn/, U.S.

/ˌrɛtrəˈbjuʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English retribucion, Middle English retribucioun, Middle English retribucyon, Middle English retribucyoun, 1500s– retribution, 1600s retributione; also Scottish pre-1700 retribucione.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French retribution; Latin retribution-, retributio.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman retribucioun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French retribucion, retribution salary, payment for work done or service rendered (early 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman as retributiun ), recompense, (in plural) reprisals (both late 14th cent.; French rétribution ) and its etymon post-classical Latin retribution-, retributio recompense, punishment (Vulgate; late 2nd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin retribūt- , past participial stem of retribuere retribute v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan retribució (15th cent.), Spanish retribución (c1440), Portuguese retribuição (15th cent.), Italian retribuzione (a1342). Compare later retribute v.In day of retribution at sense 2b after post-classical Latin dies retributionis (Vulgate).

†1.

a. Repayment or recompense for a service, good deed, etc.; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun]

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rightOE

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hire?c1225

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recompensationa1382

retributionc1384

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pensionc1400

remunerationc1400

recompensec1425

wardonc1480

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requit1786

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Coloss. iii. 24 Witinge that of the Lord ȝe schulen take retribucioun [L. retributionem], or ȝeldinge aȝen, of heritage.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 340 Of hem comeþ retribucion, Þat ys þe ȝefte þat god ȝyeuþ to alle leelle lyuynge.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 68 (MED) Vlixes..By meritorie retribucioun..falsly founde Þat he þis relik reioisshe shulde.

a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 576 in Poems (1899) 68 (MED) Your benefetis geuen to goode men Asken daily grete retribucion.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xi. 82 Sith possession of blisse, though it should be but for a moment, were an aboundant retribution.

1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 492 Neuer did a charitable act go away, without the retribution of a blessing.

1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. viii. 195 God naturally, hath no obligation, to make retribution to a creature.

1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 31 Your bounty hath engaged a retribution of my gratitude.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i When a King rewards, 'tis ample Retribution.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 130 The counsellor at law..ought to receive the retribution..of his own so tedious and expensive education [etc.] .

1811 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 101 175 It is but a feeble and just retribution of respect for the service which he has rendered to science.

1826 Margravine of Anspach Mem. II. xii. 403 Deprived of the retributions due to her as widow of the Prince of Butera.

b. Restitution or repayment of something owed or borrowed; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > [noun]

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repetition1649

returnal1651

rendition1652

regift1658

retradition1875

kickback1932

1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. v. 251 Wee honour them..in reuerence, obedience, and maintaynance of their state by retribution of some part of that wee haue got by them.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie ii. vi. 107 Notwithstanding their continuall transmutation, or transelementation,..of one into another, yet by a mutuall retribution it still remaines the same.

a1641 H. Spelman Larger Treat. conc. Tithes (1647) v. 9 The allowance thereof that he maketh unto us, runneth on of its own accord; and therefore we owe him the greater retribution out thereof.

1755 J. Sterling Zeal against Enemies 21 To set an example rather,..by paying back chearfully, in mutuality of good offices, and a generous retribution, a small portion of what you owe.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. III. viii. 194 He had borrowed large sums from the Velsers of Augsburgh... By way of retribution for these,..he bestowed upon them the province of Venezuela.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xv. 338 The Chilian authorities are now performing an act of justice, by making retribution to these poor Indians, giving to each man..a certain portion of land.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxvii. 355 She thought his retribution of the hundred pounds an act of angelic virtue.

2. Theology.

a. Divine reward or punishment assigned after death in accordance with a person's conduct in life; an instance of this.Now usually associated with punishment (see sense 3).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > retribution > [noun]

retributionc1384

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. ii. 2 If the ilke word that is seyd by aungels is maad sad, and ech trespassyng..and vnobedience took iust retribucioun [L. retributionem] of mede, how schulen we ascape?

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxxiv. ix. 49 in Wks. (1640) III Whither they must come..To have that finall retribution, Expected with the fleshes restitution.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 454 All who have thir reward on Earth..here find Fit retribution, emptie as thir deeds.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 66 The Proof of a future State of Retribution, would rest upon the usual known Arguments for it.

1784 E. Allen Reason xiii. §4. 455 That St. Peter..should have a power of..remitting or retaining sins, is too great a power to be intrusted in men,..precluding the divine retribution of justice.

1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 31 Jan. 368 The doctrine of retribution after Death.

1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix 31 And divers retributions That divers merits claim.

1911 Catholic Encycl. XI. 337/2 The good and the wicked shall receive the retribution each has merited.

1988 R. Fraser Charlotte Brontë (1989) vi. 102 Branwell's poetry from this time is increasingly preoccupied with death, his own sinfulness and fear of divine retribution.

2002 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Metro section) 10 The declared believer who lives by a moral code out of fear of retribution after death.

b. day of retribution. The time when divine reward or punishment will be assigned to people in accordance with their conduct in life; = day of judgement at day n. 11a, day of reckoning n. at reckoning n. 1c. Also in extended use: a day on which the consequences of an action, performance, etc., must be faced; a time that is crucial in deciding an outcome.Now usually associated with punishment (see sense 3).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse

world's endeOE

dayOE

doomsdayc975

world-endOE

'pocalypseOE

last dayc1275

judgementa1325

assize1340

Great Dayc1350

accounta1400

day of retributiona1400

latter day1533

Judgement Day1544

audit1548

after-reckoning1567

revelation-day1654

Fifth monarchy1655

long account1665

account day1671

kingdom come1858

the last (also final, great) round-up1879

eschaton1935

a1400 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Yale) Luke iv. f. 35 He sente me..forto preche..þe day of retribucoun [L. diem retributionis] or ȝeldinge.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CC^v To preche the yere of grace & acceptacyon to god, & the daye of retribucyon.

a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 278 Praying God our deare father in the day of his retribution to remember it.

1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 157 The full accomplishment of their consummation in Christ, in the day of the retribution of the Righteous.

1647 J. Carter Nail & Wheel 105 At the great day of retribution, when the Son of God shall sit upon his Throne to judg the world.

1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 105 Those ravishing Benedictions, which at the final Judgement, the great Day of Retribution, shall consummate the Bliss of the Righteous.

1793 J. Byng Diary 10 July in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 193 Skulking in coaches, and couch'd in pride, will unfeeling pomp proceed till the day of retribution arrives.

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) iii. App. 13 The day of retribution will come in thunder and in vengeance.

1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iv. 114 I..am led to believe that even in this world the day of retribution rarely fails to come at last.

1935 H. A. L. Fisher Europe 140 He had a vision of the one God, of a future life, of the sensual delights of paradise, of the material torments of hell, and of an impending day of retribution in which sinners would be punished.

1980 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 8 Nov. (Sports section) For two clubs..at the bottom of the heap in the NFL, today could serve as a day of retribution.

1995 V. Martin House Divided 88 With the Day of Retribution appearing on the horizon, Saul became suddenly aware how desperate for salvation were the Gentiles.

3. Punishment for bad conduct, criminal actions, etc., typically considered in terms of redress or repaying a debt to society; the avenging of wrong deeds, etc.; vengeance; an instance of this. Also: punishment regarded as an expression of divine will; a punitive act. Cf. retributive justice at retributive adj. 1. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun]

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution

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reddition1656

retortion1762

poetical justice1796

utu1828

retort1836

quits1865

poetic justice1991

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xi. 9 (MED) Þe boord of þem, be it made by for þem in to a snare and in a takyng and in to a retribucyoun [L. retributionem] and in to sclaundre to þem.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 223/1 To consider and learne the righteous retribution and wrath of God from heauen vpon all iniquitie.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 76 In Revenges (that is, retribution of Evil for Evil).

1658 T. Wall God's Revenge 43 It is the just retribution of God.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i And curse me, Prophet, if I not repay His hate, with retribution full as mortal.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 194 The remorseless retribution of an eye for an eye.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 247 If vice receiv'd her retribution due When we were visited, what hope for you?

1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour iv. 346 The tearing off the nostrils with red hot pincers..is substituted as a more humane species of retribution for capital crimes.

1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth ii. 13 The retribution which dogs the heels of vice.

1887 E. C. Dawson Life Bp. Hannington v. 57 He..was filled with a Berserk rage and thirst for retribution.

1943 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 24 These deplorable conditions [sc. having a hangover] are not necessarily a retribution of overindulgence.

1985 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 25 Aug. He was..aware that some people believed AIDS was God's way of meting out retribution on homosexuals.

2003 J. G. Murphy Getting Even v. 42 Retribution..is not concerned with future consequences... It looks to the past and seeks to impose on the criminal the level of suffering he deserves.

Compounds

retribution day n. = day of retribution at sense 2b.

ΚΠ

a1752 R. Erskine Script. Songs (1754) ii. 105 The glorious retribution day, When dues shall all be paid.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vii. 76 As tho' the Retribution day were come.

1869 Brit. Harbinger 1 Oct. 325 Upon our ability to answer these questions..will depend our standing..with the Judge of all the earth, in the great Retribution Day.

1917 F. E. Brooks Patriotic Toasts 85 When Dewey stole into Manila Bay, Ere the dawn of the first retribution day, He was facing a two-fold doubt.

2009 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 15 May c2 Thursday was supposed to be retribution day for all four of the young men who robbed an elderly..couple at knifepoint.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retribution
释义	retributionn. Brit. /ˌrɛtrᵻˈbjuːʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛtrəˈbjuʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English retribucion, Middle English retribucioun, Middle English retribucyon, Middle English retribucyoun, 1500s– retribution, 1600s retributione; also Scottish pre-1700 retribucione. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French retribution; Latin retribution-, retributio. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman retribucioun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French retribucion, retribution salary, payment for work done or service rendered (early 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman as retributiun ), recompense, (in plural) reprisals (both late 14th cent.; French rétribution ) and its etymon post-classical Latin retribution-, retributio recompense, punishment (Vulgate; late 2nd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin retribūt- , past participial stem of retribuere retribute v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan retribució (15th cent.), Spanish retribución (c1440), Portuguese retribuição (15th cent.), Italian retribuzione (a1342). Compare later retribute v.In day of retribution at sense 2b after post-classical Latin dies retributionis (Vulgate). †1. a. Repayment or recompense for a service, good deed, etc.; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] shipec1000 rightOE yielda1200 hire?c1225 foryieldinga1300 tithinga1300 rentc1300 lowera1325 guerdon?a1366 recompensationa1382 retributionc1384 reward?1387 reguerdona1393 rewardon?a1400 mercimonyc1400 pensionc1400 remunerationc1400 recompensec1425 wardonc1480 salary1484 premiationa1513 requital1556 repayment1561 requite1561 renumeration1572 remisea1578 lieu1592 reguerdonment1599 gratulation1611 muneration1611 requit1786 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Coloss. iii. 24 Witinge that of the Lord ȝe schulen take retribucioun [L. retributionem], or ȝeldinge aȝen, of heritage. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 340 Of hem comeþ retribucion, Þat ys þe ȝefte þat god ȝyeuþ to alle leelle lyuynge. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 68 (MED) Vlixes..By meritorie retribucioun..falsly founde Þat he þis relik reioisshe shulde. a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 576 in Poems (1899) 68 (MED) Your benefetis geuen to goode men Asken daily grete retribucion. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xi. 82 Sith possession of blisse, though it should be but for a moment, were an aboundant retribution. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 492 Neuer did a charitable act go away, without the retribution of a blessing. 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. viii. 195 God naturally, hath no obligation, to make retribution to a creature. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 31 Your bounty hath engaged a retribution of my gratitude. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i When a King rewards, 'tis ample Retribution. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 130 The counsellor at law..ought to receive the retribution..of his own so tedious and expensive education [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1811 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 101 175 It is but a feeble and just retribution of respect for the service which he has rendered to science. 1826 Margravine of Anspach Mem. II. xii. 403 Deprived of the retributions due to her as widow of the Prince of Butera. b. Restitution or repayment of something owed or borrowed; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > [noun] restitutiona1325 restoringa1382 restorance1389 restaurancea1400 restorec1400 reddition1449 relivery1463 restorementa1500 restorative?c1500 redeliverya1513 rendering1523 return1534 redeliverance1535 rembursement1579 retribution1583 restoration1608 restoral1611 repetition1649 returnal1651 rendition1652 regift1658 retradition1875 kickback1932 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. v. 251 Wee honour them..in reuerence, obedience, and maintaynance of their state by retribution of some part of that wee haue got by them. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie ii. vi. 107 Notwithstanding their continuall transmutation, or transelementation,..of one into another, yet by a mutuall retribution it still remaines the same. a1641 H. Spelman Larger Treat. conc. Tithes (1647) v. 9 The allowance thereof that he maketh unto us, runneth on of its own accord; and therefore we owe him the greater retribution out thereof. 1755 J. Sterling Zeal against Enemies 21 To set an example rather,..by paying back chearfully, in mutuality of good offices, and a generous retribution, a small portion of what you owe. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. III. viii. 194 He had borrowed large sums from the Velsers of Augsburgh... By way of retribution for these,..he bestowed upon them the province of Venezuela. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xv. 338 The Chilian authorities are now performing an act of justice, by making retribution to these poor Indians, giving to each man..a certain portion of land. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxvii. 355 She thought his retribution of the hundred pounds an act of angelic virtue. 2. Theology. a. Divine reward or punishment assigned after death in accordance with a person's conduct in life; an instance of this.Now usually associated with punishment (see sense 3). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > retribution > [noun] retributionc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. ii. 2 If the ilke word that is seyd by aungels is maad sad, and ech trespassyng..and vnobedience took iust retribucioun [L. retributionem] of mede, how schulen we ascape? a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxxiv. ix. 49 in Wks. (1640) III Whither they must come..To have that finall retribution, Expected with the fleshes restitution. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 454 All who have thir reward on Earth..here find Fit retribution, emptie as thir deeds. View more context for this quotation 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 66 The Proof of a future State of Retribution, would rest upon the usual known Arguments for it. 1784 E. Allen Reason xiii. §4. 455 That St. Peter..should have a power of..remitting or retaining sins, is too great a power to be intrusted in men,..precluding the divine retribution of justice. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 31 Jan. 368 The doctrine of retribution after Death. 1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix 31 And divers retributions That divers merits claim. 1911 Catholic Encycl. XI. 337/2 The good and the wicked shall receive the retribution each has merited. 1988 R. Fraser Charlotte Brontë (1989) vi. 102 Branwell's poetry from this time is increasingly preoccupied with death, his own sinfulness and fear of divine retribution. 2002 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Metro section) 10 The declared believer who lives by a moral code out of fear of retribution after death. b. day of retribution. The time when divine reward or punishment will be assigned to people in accordance with their conduct in life; = day of judgement at day n. 11a, day of reckoning n. at reckoning n. 1c. Also in extended use: a day on which the consequences of an action, performance, etc., must be faced; a time that is crucial in deciding an outcome.Now usually associated with punishment (see sense 3). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > Second Coming > [noun] > apocalypse world's endeOE dayOE doomsdayc975 world-endOE 'pocalypseOE last dayc1275 judgementa1325 assize1340 Great Dayc1350 accounta1400 day of retributiona1400 latter day1533 Judgement Day1544 audit1548 after-reckoning1567 revelation-day1654 Fifth monarchy1655 long account1665 account day1671 kingdom come1858 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 eschaton1935 a1400 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Yale) Luke iv. f. 35 He sente me..forto preche..þe day of retribucoun [L. diem retributionis] or ȝeldinge. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CC^v To preche the yere of grace & acceptacyon to god, & the daye of retribucyon. a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 278 Praying God our deare father in the day of his retribution to remember it. 1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 157 The full accomplishment of their consummation in Christ, in the day of the retribution of the Righteous. 1647 J. Carter Nail & Wheel 105 At the great day of retribution, when the Son of God shall sit upon his Throne to judg the world. 1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 105 Those ravishing Benedictions, which at the final Judgement, the great Day of Retribution, shall consummate the Bliss of the Righteous. 1793 J. Byng Diary 10 July in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 193 Skulking in coaches, and couch'd in pride, will unfeeling pomp proceed till the day of retribution arrives. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) iii. App. 13 The day of retribution will come in thunder and in vengeance. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iv. 114 I..am led to believe that even in this world the day of retribution rarely fails to come at last. 1935 H. A. L. Fisher Europe 140 He had a vision of the one God, of a future life, of the sensual delights of paradise, of the material torments of hell, and of an impending day of retribution in which sinners would be punished. 1980 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 8 Nov. (Sports section) For two clubs..at the bottom of the heap in the NFL, today could serve as a day of retribution. 1995 V. Martin House Divided 88 With the Day of Retribution appearing on the horizon, Saul became suddenly aware how desperate for salvation were the Gentiles. 3. Punishment for bad conduct, criminal actions, etc., typically considered in terms of redress or repaying a debt to society; the avenging of wrong deeds, etc.; vengeance; an instance of this. Also: punishment regarded as an expression of divine will; a punitive act. Cf. retributive justice at retributive adj. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] wrakec825 wrechec1175 yielda1200 wrakedomc1275 vengeancea1300 hevening1303 vengement1338 wreakc1340 rewardc1350 retributiona1425 revengeancec1480 wratha1500 revengementa1513 avengeance1535 avenge1568 ultion1575 venge1587 wreck1591 nemesis1597 revanche1615 vindict1639 vindication1647 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution yieldinga1340 talion1412 retributiona1425 recompensec1425 recompensationa1513 requitement1548 retaliation1581 lex talionis1597 requital1597 retaling1597 taliationa1601 law of retalion1607 talio1611 retail1615 retorsion1637 repercussion1641 retributing1645 reddition1656 retortion1762 poetical justice1796 utu1828 retort1836 quits1865 poetic justice1991 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xi. 9 (MED) Þe boord of þem, be it made by for þem in to a snare and in a takyng and in to a retribucyoun [L. retributionem] and in to sclaundre to þem. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 223/1 To consider and learne the righteous retribution and wrath of God from heauen vpon all iniquitie. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 76 In Revenges (that is, retribution of Evil for Evil). 1658 T. Wall God's Revenge 43 It is the just retribution of God. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i And curse me, Prophet, if I not repay His hate, with retribution full as mortal. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 194 The remorseless retribution of an eye for an eye. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 247 If vice receiv'd her retribution due When we were visited, what hope for you? 1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour iv. 346 The tearing off the nostrils with red hot pincers..is substituted as a more humane species of retribution for capital crimes. 1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth ii. 13 The retribution which dogs the heels of vice. 1887 E. C. Dawson Life Bp. Hannington v. 57 He..was filled with a Berserk rage and thirst for retribution. 1943 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 24 These deplorable conditions [sc. having a hangover] are not necessarily a retribution of overindulgence. 1985 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 25 Aug. He was..aware that some people believed AIDS was God's way of meting out retribution on homosexuals. 2003 J. G. Murphy Getting Even v. 42 Retribution..is not concerned with future consequences... It looks to the past and seeks to impose on the criminal the level of suffering he deserves. Compounds retribution day n. = day of retribution at sense 2b. ΚΠ a1752 R. Erskine Script. Songs (1754) ii. 105 The glorious retribution day, When dues shall all be paid. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vii. 76 As tho' the Retribution day were come. 1869 Brit. Harbinger 1 Oct. 325 Upon our ability to answer these questions..will depend our standing..with the Judge of all the earth, in the great Retribution Day. 1917 F. E. Brooks Patriotic Toasts 85 When Dewey stole into Manila Bay, Ere the dawn of the first retribution day, He was facing a two-fold doubt. 2009 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 15 May c2 Thursday was supposed to be retribution day for all four of the young men who robbed an elderly..couple at knifepoint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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