Justice demands retribution!
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Retribution
//ˌɹɛt.ɹɪˈbju.ʃən//
Synonyms for "retribution" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- τίσις noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- τιμωρία noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Arabic
2 entries- اِنْتِقَام noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- عِقَاب noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Armenian
2 entries- հատուցում noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- վրեժ noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Belarusian
4 entries- адпла́та noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- ка́ра noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- по́мста noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- распла́та noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Bulgarian
3 entries- възме́здие noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- мъст noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- отпла́та noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 報應 /报应 noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- 惡報 /恶报 noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Czech
4 entries- odplata noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- odveta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- pomsta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- trest noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Danish
2 entries- gengældelse noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- straf noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Dutch
1 entries- vergelding noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Estonian
2 entries- kättemaks noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- tasu noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Finnish
2 entries- kosto noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- rangaistus noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
French
3 entries- châtiment noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- punition noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- vendetta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Galician
1 entries- castigo noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Georgian
2 entries- სამაგიერო noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- სანაცვლო noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
German
2 entries- Heimzahlung noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- Vergeltung noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Greek
1 entries- ανταπόδοση noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Hungarian
2 entries- büntetés noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- megtorlás noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Irish
2 entries- agairt noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- díoltas noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Italian
2 entries- retribuzione noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- vendetta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Japanese
2 entries- 報復 noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- 復讐 noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Korean
2 entries- 보복 noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- 복수 noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Latvian
1 entries- atmaksa noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atpildas noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Macedonian
2 entries- возврат noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- одмазда noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Malay
1 entries- balasan noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Māori
1 entries- ngakinga noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gjengjeldelse noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Persian
2 entries- انتقام noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- پادافراه noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Polish
4 entries- kara noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- odwet noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- pomsta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- zemsta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Portuguese
1 entries- retribuição noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Romanian
1 entries- răzbunare noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Russian
4 entries- воздая́ние noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- возме́здие noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- ка́ра noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- месть noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- òdmazda noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- о̀дмазда noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Sicilian
1 entries- vinnitta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Slovak
4 entries- odplata noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- odveta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- pomsta noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- trest noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Slovene
1 entries- kazen noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Spanish
2 entries- castigo noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- retribución noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Swedish
1 entries- vedergällning noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Tagalog
1 entries- gantindusa noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Tajik
1 entries- интиқом noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Turkish
1 entries- intikam noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відпла́та noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- ка́ра noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- по́мста noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
- пока́ра noun (punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
You can make your choice freely without fear of retribution.
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The universal right to speak your mind and to protest against authority, to live in a society that’s open and free, that can criticize a President without retribution — a country where you're judged by the content of your character rather than what you look like, or how you worship, or what your last name is, or where your family came from — that's what separates us from tyrants and terrorists.
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Sami started planning retribution.
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