Retribution
Meaning of Retribution
Punishment that is considered deserved.
ما معنى كلمة Retribution بالعربي؟
العقاب العادل أو الجزاء المُستحق
⚖️💀 العقاب العادل أو الجزاء المُستحق؛ المُقابل المُناسب للأعمال الخيرة أو الشريرة؛ نظام عدالة إلهي أو قانوني يضمن حصول كل شخص على ما يستحقه من ثواب أو عقاب حسب أعماله وتصرفاته ⚖️💀
قصة GL: الجزاء الإيجابي للاستثمار في التعلم الجيني والتطوير الذاتي - المُقابل المُناسب للجهد، نظام العدالة الطبيعي الذي يُكافئ المُثابرين في التعلم بتحسن القدرات والنجاح المهني 🏆
Retribution in a sentence
Retribution motives were studied in the justice-psychology paper.
Fear of retribution deters whistleblowing.
Retribution is one aim of punishment in law.
Students debate retribution and rehabilitation.
Origin of Retribution
From Late Latin retributio 'repayment', from retribuere.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, retribution is about just deserts. GL focuses on learning, not retribution.
Retribution audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Retribution" — noun, pronounced /ˌretrɪˈbjuːʃn/, with the stress on "bu".
Narrator: Retribution is punishment that someone deserves for something very bad they have done.
Narrator: In plain English, it is payback for wrongdoing.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin retribuere, to hand back.
Narrator: A common collocation is "fear of retribution", which describes being afraid of punishment or revenge.
Narrator: It differs from "revenge", because revenge is personal, while retribution is often seen as just punishment.
Narrator: In a second sense, divine retribution means punishment believed to come from God.
Narrator: Law, religion, politics and literature all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: retribution is deserved payback.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why didn't the witness speak up?
Speaker B: Fear of RETRIBUTION! It comes from Latin for handing back.
Speaker A: From the gang?
Speaker B: Yes, so police protected her.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Staff feared retribution for complaining", workplace. "The villain met swift retribution", a story. "Justice is not only retribution", law.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse retribution with "restitution", which means paying back what was taken.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Punishment is its cousin, vengeance its twin, and reprisal an alternative — yet retribution keeps its stern charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "retribution" in AI prompts — useful for whistleblowing policies and story writing.
Speaker A: How for policies?
Speaker B: Protect people.
Prompt: Write a whistleblowing policy that promises staff protection from retribution.
Speaker A: And stories?
Speaker B: Build endings.
Prompt: Write an ending where the villain faces retribution without violence.
Speaker A: Could it help law students?
Speaker B: Yes, for theory.
Prompt: Compare retributive and restorative justice in a short table.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Surveys.
Prompt: Design an anonymous staff survey so people can answer without fear of retribution.
Frequently asked questions about Retribution
What does Retribution mean?
Punishment that is considered deserved.
ما معنى كلمة Retribution بالعربي؟
العقاب العادل أو الجزاء المُستحق — ⚖️💀 العقاب العادل أو الجزاء المُستحق؛ المُقابل المُناسب للأعمال الخيرة أو الشريرة؛ نظام عدالة إلهي أو قانوني يضمن حصول كل شخص على ما يستحقه من ثواب أو عقاب حسب أعماله وتصرفاته ⚖️💀
How do you pronounce Retribution?
Retribution is pronounced /ˌretrɪˈbjuːʃn/ and is used as a noun.
How is Retribution used in a sentence?
Retribution motives were studied in the justice-psychology paper.
What are synonyms of Retribution?
punishment, vengeance, revenge, justice, reprisal, payback.