retribution
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a justly deserved penalty
Types & categories
- penalty hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
Types & categories
- correction hypernym
Sense 3 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
Types & categories
- retaliation hypernym
Related & opposite
- pay back derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | penalty |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | correction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pay back |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | retaliation |