Retribution in a sentence as a noun

I was born in the 70s and the US was the country you would run to to escape retribution for whistleblowing you did back home.

The point about illegal retribution is really good.

That he came out of that experience and did not engage in a campaign of retribution is a testament to the man's greatness.

If the HN crowd is up in arms, there are probably many at MIT wanting to see retribution, and likely have the clout to see it happen.

Jail time or crippling life-time debt could be the only satisfactory retribution./s

But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom!

For years I have been terrified about putting my code on Github for fear of rage and retribution from the programmer community.

One the one hand, we have someone who was being threatened with being imprisoned for half his life, for doing something that couldn't have possibly merited that kind of retribution.

That depends entirely on whether you think prison is about "retribution" or about "rehabilitation".

People who like Apple products and can identify with the values of the company will feel you're defending Apple with your comment and will upvote you for doing so. Other people who like X11 or XQuartz a lot or simply dislike Apple will feel that you're trying to defend an evil act and will downvote your comment in retribution.

Most local groups, including clergy, oppose a military solution since the remote villages in the region are not adequately protected from retribution [3]6. the LRA has largely been an ineffective fighting force in the past 7 years, and have only attacked villages while retreating from military campaigns7.

Retribution definitions

noun

a justly deserved penalty

See also: requital

noun

the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

noun

the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"

See also: vengeance payback