"retribution" in the noun sense
1. retribution, requital
a justly deserved penalty
2. retribution
the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
3. vengeance, retribution, payback
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life I will repay, saith the Lord"
"Vengeance is mine
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