as in revenge
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
the neighborhood is being torn apart by an endless cycle of gang violence and retribution
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Recent Examples of retribution
Here, founders say, fear of political retribution or public cancellation is nonexistent.
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Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2025
The worker spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from the federal government.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
On the same day that Trump regaled the more boisterous crowd just across the river at CPAC with his tales of political retribution, several hundred activists and insiders gathered in downtown D.C. to make sense of their current impotence.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Second, Trump has been able to subvert our system of checks and balances because so many, including congressional Republicans, fear his retribution.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2025
The worker spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from the federal government.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
On the same day that Trump regaled the more boisterous crowd just across the river at CPAC with his tales of political retribution, several hundred activists and insiders gathered in downtown D.C. to make sense of their current impotence.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Second, Trump has been able to subvert our system of checks and balances because so many, including congressional Republicans, fear his retribution.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Retribution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retribution. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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