单词 | retributor |
释义 | retributorn. A provider of retribution (in various senses); esp. a person or god who exacts retributive justice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] > requital or repayment > one who retribuer1512 requiter1578 repayer1611 retributor1614 society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts wreakera1300 wrechera1325 vengera1340 vengesour1382 avenger1388 vengeancerc1440 revengera1522 nemesis1542 alastor1603 vindicator1827 retributor1844 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution > one who retaliator1776 retributor1844 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket ii. 85 God is a iust Iudge, a retributor of euery man his owne. 1618 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. IV. O.T. xii. 79 They had learned, that thankfulnes was not to be measured, of good men, by the weight, but by the will of the retributor. 1646 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 223 Wherin hereafter I can do you or freinds any good office I shall acquete myself as ane thankfull retributor. 1758 H. Lee Sophron II. 496 Grant him to be a surety for man, grant him to be the retributor of ‘life for life’, and what should he in justice do? 1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xlvii Those who in this world were mutual workers of iniquity may find themselves in the next sworn retributors of wrath. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 22 The most just Retributor of those who persevere in rebellion against Him. 1912 tr. A. R. Serbati Theodicy I. i. xxx. 168 We must..suppose another life, and in it a just retributor to bring them [sc. happiness and virtue] into harmony. 1996 K. van der Toorn Family Relig. in Babylonia, Syria, & Israel i. iv. 68 Gods are traditionally referred to..as supreme witnesses to (and, as the case may be, retributors of) human behaviour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614 |
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