Vocabulary
Retribution
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
Punishment for doing sth wrong
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Widespread political vengeance goes a few steps beyond political retribution in that it requires the mobilisation both of the state machinery and swathes of the population.
- The purpose and objective of criminalising tax fraud and tax evasion is retribution and deterrence which is achieved through punishment or fine or both.
- If the law, however, goes further and criminalises recovery of tax in addition to retribution and deterrence, then tax assessment has to take place first under the provisions of the Act.
- In most postcolonial societies, the criminal justice system tends to favour punitive measures rather than rehabilitation, whereas mature democracies lean towards rehabilitation over retribution.
- What was initially framed as a measure against cybercrime now operates more as a tool of political retribution.
Synonyms
revenge, reprisal, payback
Antonyms
clemency , grace , pardon
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