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Look up: retribution

  1. retribution
    [n] - a justly deserved penalty 2. [n] - the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Retribution
    moral vengeance by which society inflicts suffering on an offender comparable to that caused by the offence
    Found on http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/obj

  3. Retribution
    Ret`ri·bu'tion noun [ Latin retributio : confer French rétribution .] 1. The act of retributing; repayment. « In good offices and due retributions , we may not be pinching and niggardly.» Bp. Hall.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/68

  4. retribution
    noun the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. retribution
    requital noun a justly deserved penalty
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Retribution
    • (n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment. • (n.) The act of retributing; repayment. • (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. retribution
    • a justly deserved penalty
    • the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
    • the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

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  8. Retribution
    (novel) `Retribution`, a 2004 legal thriller, is the first novel by Jilliane Hoffman. After being published in January 2004 it became a top-three best seller in the USA and top 10 in Europe. This graphic serial killer/courtroom thriller puts its readers in a situation of choice between...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retribution

  9. Retribution
    (Malevolent Creation album) `Retribution` is a 1992 album by Florida death metal band Malevolent Creation. It was produced and engineered by Scott Burns Track listing : # "Eve of the Apocalypse" – 4:21 # "Systematic Execution" – 3:28 # "Slaughter ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retribution

  10. Retribution
    (Obscura album) `Retribution` is the debut album by German technical death metal band Obscura. It was originally released in 2006 on Vots Records. After the band signed to Relapse Records and released Cosmogenesis, it was decided to reissue Retribution. The reissue, which was remastere...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retribution



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/calendar/ February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. read more

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