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Summary

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retribution:
- Vergeltung
Wiktionary:
- retribution → Vergeltung
- retribution → Bestrafung, Strafe, Rache, Vergeltung, Revanche

English

Detailed Translations for retribution from English to German

retribution:

retribution [the ~] nom

the retribution (requital; retaliation)
die Vergeltung
- Vergeltung [die ~] nom

Translation Matrix for retribution:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Vergeltung	requital; retaliation; retribution	act of revenge; retaliation; revenge; vengeance
-	payback; requital; vengeance

Related Words for "retribution":

retributions

Synonyms for "retribution":

requital; penalty
correction; rectification
vengeance; payback; retaliation; revenge

Related Definitions for "retribution":

the act of correcting for your wrongdoing¹
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life¹
- the swiftness of divine retribution¹
a justly deserved penalty¹

Wiktionary Translations for retribution:

retribution

noun

punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance
- retribution → Vergeltung

retribution

noun

Strafe, Genugtuung für eine (meist negative) Handlung
- Vergeltung → requital; retaliation; retribution; repayment; quittance; nemesis

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• retribution	→ Bestrafung; Strafe	↔ punition — action de punir.
• retribution	→ Rache; Vergeltung; Revanche	↔ revanche — Action par laquelle on reprend sur quelqu’un l’avantage qu’il avait pris sur vous

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