RETRIBUTION
retribution
(noun) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
vengeance, retribution, payback
(noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord”--Romans 12:19; “For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge”--James Garfield; “he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him”; “the swiftness of divine retribution”
retribution, requital
(noun) a justly deserved penalty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
retribution (countable and uncountable, plural retributions)
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
Synonyms
• See also revenge
Hypernyms
• punishment
Source: Wiktionary
Ret`ri*bu"tion, n. Etym: [L. retributio: cf. F. rétribution.]
1. The act of retributing; repayment.
In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and
niggardly. Bp. Hall.
2. 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.
All who have their reward on earth, . . . Naught seeking but the
praise of men, here find Fit retribution, empty as their deeds.
Milton.
3. Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general
judgment.
It is a strong argument for a state of retribution hereafter, that in
this world virtuous persons are very often unfortunate, and vicious
persons prosperous. Addison.
Syn.
– Repayment; requital; recompense; payment; retaliation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition