| 单词 | retributive justice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretributive justice 1. In retributive justice. Designating a form or concept of justice that punishes or rewards a person in accordance with, and in proportion to, their conduct (frequently conceived as decided and dealt by a divine force, or practised to maintain spiritual integrity). Also in later use: designating a system of justice based on punishment of the offender, rather than on rehabilitation.In later use, retributive justice is frequently contrasted with restorative justice, which encourages the victim to take part in a meeting with the offender, and with community workers to find a positive response to a crime. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > specific communicative justicea1513 commutative justice1531 corrective justice1531 distributive justice1531 retributive justice1619 expletive justice1652 expletory justice1654 poetical justice1678 poetic justice1691 retributivism1954 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > relating to retaliation > characterized by retaliation or retribution retributive justice1619 vindictive1656 retributory1748 retributivist1954 1619 T. Taylor Circumspect Walking xix. 169 Concerning iustice retributiue, in borrowing and lending..Owe nothing to any man saue loue. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Pref. sig. * A Distributive or Retributive Justice, dispensing Rewards and Punishments throughout the whole World. 1761 J. Stonhouse Universal Restitution xxii. 404 We have already acknowledged a retributive justice in God, and in consequence thereof, a damnation of the wicked..correspondent with all the forms of equity. 1788 Times 3 Sept. 2/2 As a kind of retributive justice, Lord Howard..intends leaving him the fortune of his ancestors. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. v. 304 O hard of heart! whom not the visible power Of retributive Justice..Deterred from equal crime! 1842 G. B. Cheever Punishment by Death xii. 147 There is such a thing as Justice, retributive Justice, besides and apart from the purpose of security against crime... The idea is in our souls. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 195 When the righteous man appears, who performs an act of retributive justice, then the curse is stayed. 1916 R. W. Sellars Next Step in Democracy viii. 165 Gradually retributive justice was taken in hand by the social group in a formal manner and the right to private revenge banned. 1941 A. C. Bouquet Compar. Relig. vii. 102 The ideas of karma, or retributive justice, and of samsara, or the chain of reincarnations. 2009 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 5 July 2 Restorative justice is about relationships. Retributive justice is about revenge, which too often merely continues a cycle of harm. < as lemmas |
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