Dictionaries › English

retribution

Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛt.ɹɪˈbju.ʃən/

The English word “retribution” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Latin retribuere (“repay”).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “retribution” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.