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ret·ri·bu·tion

(rĕt′rə-byo͞o′shən)

1. Punishment administered in return for a wrong committed.

2. Theology Punishment or reward distributed in a future life based on performance in this one.

[Middle English retribucion, repayment, reward, from Old French retribution, from Late Latin retribūtiō, retribūtiōn-, from Latin retribūtus, past participle of retribuere, to pay back : re-, re- + tribuere, to grant; see tribe.]

re·trib′u·tive (rĭ-trĭb′yə-tĭv), re·trib′u·to·ry (-tôr′ē) adj.

re·trib′u·tive·ly adv.

re•trib•u•tive

(rɪˈtrɪb yə tɪv)

also re•trib•u•to•ry

(-ˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)

adj.

characterized by or involving retribution: retributive justice.

[1670–80; obsolete retribute to make retribution (< Latin retribūtus, past participle of retribuere; see retribution) + -ive]

re•trib′u•tive•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	retributive - of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" relatiative, retaliatory, retributory, vindicatory punitive, punitory - inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"
	2.	retributive - given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice" retributory, vindicatory just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"

Translations

retributive

[rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv] ADJ → castigador, de castigo

retributive

adj → Vergeltungs-, vergeltend; justice → ausgleichend; retributive action → Vergeltungsaktion f

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You have stepped into quite a new character--you personify Retributive Justice now.--Your new protector, Mrs.

Retributive Justice, when it is no taller than you are, looks best in a chair."

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Tulliver's witness had once been, was alluring to the love of retributive justice.

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Determined to ascertain, if he could, through John Browdie, how the case really stood, he betook himself to his daily occupation: meditating, as he went, on a great variety of schemes for the punishment of the Yorkshire schoolmaster, all of which had their foundation in the strictest principles of retributive justice, and had but the one drawback of being wholly impracticable.

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Protest awaits Weah in U.S

The judgement elaborated said the retributive justice entailed several serious consequences apart from deprivation of personal liberty of the convict.

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The debate is still on whether death penalty is deterrent punishment or is retributive justice or serves an incapacitative goal.

Hang The Gallows

The Abu Dhabi Appeals Court had last year upheld the death penalty handed down to the Indian accused by the criminal court, after the victim's family refused to pardon the criminal and demanded retributive justice and maximum punishment for him.

Cleaner sentenced to death in Abu Dhabi for raping 7-year-old in school

But that was better than what it appeared would be his fate--to have his eyes destroyed by acid under Iran's eye-for-an-eye system of retributive justice.

Man who blinded woman with acid let out of prison

13 -- Although the path that the US wishes Sri Lanka to take is one of retributive justice, Sri Lanka has opted to take the path of restorative justice as it feels that pursuing the LTTE or anyone from within the Sri Lankan security establishment does not foster reconciliation considering Sri Lanka's interest is just that, reconciliation.

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Comic book crime; truth, justice, and the American way

It is easy to see the need for restorative justice because it is easy to forgive when the crime has been admitted and compensation has been paid, but retributive justice is important as well because it speaks to human feelings of resentment and hate that can be quelled by holding someone legally or socially accountable for their actions.