retribution

/ɹˌɛtɹəbjˈuʃən/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a justly deserved penalty
2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
3. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life--Romans 12:19--James Garfield
   “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord”

Synonyms for retribution

• requital
• vengeance
• payback

Words that rhyme with retribution

• resolution
• execution
• constitution
• contribution
• dissolution
• institution
• lilliputian
• solution
• distribution
• convolution
• diminution
• pollution
• prosecution
• restitution
• revolution
• absolution
• attribution
• devolution
• dilution
• electrocution
• evolution
• substitution
• ablution
• counterrevolution
• destitution
• elocution
• persecution
• prostitution
• redistribution
• lucian