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Meanings of retribution in English
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Examples for "revenge"
Examples for "revenge"
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Ten years roll by, and Butler's revenge-minded victim is ready for action.
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The sole business of Lovat was personal aggrandizement; revenge was his amusement.
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Bitterly mourned the king in spite of the richness of his revenge.
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This was in truth the revenge of the feudal system upon Pharaoh.
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They take revenge for our sensuality; they catch us in their nets.
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Photograph: HBO Far more effective, then, to try a bit of vengeance.
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Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance.
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The government said on Tuesday it had no desire for extra-judicial vengeance.
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Mercy and vengeance are in the balance, and Molly holds the scales.
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Crime prevailed; cupidity and vengeance were the guiding principles of the chieftains.
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Yet threats of retaliation underscore the weak legal case of opposed countries.
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So far India has focused on retaliation by economic and diplomatic means.
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Officials believe the attack could have been retaliation for police counternarcotics operations.
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The family refused to reveal their family name for fear of retaliation.
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Hardly to the point of war, but possibly to that of retaliation.
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In both cases, newcomers may only see a payback after many years.
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In both cases, newcomers may see a payback only after many years.
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The payback didn't come into it, but the playback we really wanted.
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For larger plants the payback time is typically less than three years.
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The payback probably would not be sufficient, Jefferies analyst Peter Nesvold said.
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Large blasts sometimes set off reprisal attacks against the minority Sunni community.
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Then I presume this confiscation is in the nature of a reprisal.
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I was glad to oblige, relieved to be momentarily free of reprisal.
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Now was not the time for petty acts of reprisal, he thought.
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His hosts, therefore, remained ignorant of the cause of this terrible reprisal.
Usage of retribution in English
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The days when the reports arrived became days of retribution for Paulo.
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Another source of fear: retribution for being anything less than perfectly available.
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Law enforcement agencies and political figureheads slammed the lawlessness and promised retribution.
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The movie also shines a light on animal abuse, and karmic retribution.
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Tell us that this isn't retribution for what happened in New Delhi.
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Thus the body and the soul are partners in reward and retribution.
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Both workers asked to remain anonymous because they feared retribution from Amazon.
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It is wrong to suggest there is a moral claim for retribution.
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Its eventual demise last year was celebrated on Twitter as karmic retribution.
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He refused to say who had threatened him, for fear of retribution.
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However, this was not enough to satiate the EFF's appetite for retribution.
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Israel has vowed retribution against Hamas, who it blames for their deaths.
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The immensity of his retribution swept over him in an overwhelming flood.
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Is all the grotesquerie worth it for that small moment of retribution?
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Aurelian weighed the offence and decided on the just measures of retribution.
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A terrible retribution was in store for Major Waldron thirteen years later.
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