retribution
(noun)
noun
1. a justly deserved penalty
Similar word(s): requital
Definition categories: possession, penalty
2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
Definition categories: act, correction, rectification
3. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
- the swiftness of divine retribution
Similar word(s): payback, vengeance
Definition categories: act, retaliation, revenge