单词 | retribute |
释义 | retributeadj. rare before 19th cent. Only in retribute justice: = retributive justice at retributive adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > relating to retaliation > retaliated retribute justice1673 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 266 Heer was Retalliation, absolute Revenge, Resolute, and Justice, Retribute. 1819 Robinson's Mag. 12 June 376/1 She apprehended that these spectres came to execute retribute justice by hurling her down. 1887 G. F. Cameron Lyrics on Freedom, Love & Death 48 The darkness of hell be upon thee—Stern retribute justice but meet. 1941 Times 11 Oct. 3/1 Such savage brutality..should not remain without the proper measure of retribute justice. 2003 Manila Bull. (Nexis) 5 June The death penalty ought to be repealed because it cannot reform the criminal. It does not qualify as a civilized way of achieving retribute justice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). retributev. Now rare. 1. transitive. To give (a thing) in return or as a repayment; to inflict (something) on a person in retaliation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > do or give in return retribute?1570 return1584 repay1587 rebite1594 retort1637 retally1639 reciprocate1649 ?1570 tr. Shepardes Kalendar (rev. ed.) vii. sig. D.iiii What thing is worthy to retribute to himselfe To him which did helpe thee in thy nede. 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 5v I haue retributed that recompence which belongs to ye power of so poore a friend. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 466 To whom in particular were retributed no small rewardes. 1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (ix.) f. 38v Such spirits are blessed, when the others are curssed, and shall stande as well liked before his face, who shall retribute to the other in due iustice, the very blacknesse of darkenesse for euermore. 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith x. 69 Hath Christ giuen himselfe for thee,..and what hast thou to retribute? 1643 G. Chudleigh Declaration 4 The King giveth life and motion to the Law, and the Law retributes vertue and operation to the King. 1702 Pres. St. Jacobitism 27 [It] tied up the Hands of Power from retributing the like measure on themselves. 1849 S. Smith Mother Country p. iii To retribute bankruptcy upon a people for the sins of the sovereign, is a lesson in morals which cannot tend to edification. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti v. 352 She retributed slight on friend and foe. 2007 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 17 Jan. a3 Ms. Zhi..said the scene demonstrated how ‘good is rewarded with good and bad is retributed (sic) with bad.’ 2. transitive. To make appropriate return for; to repay; to recompense or avenge (an injury or offence); to reward (an action, good deed, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > an action yieldOE acquitc1330 requitec1440 recompensea1450 paya1500 quitc1515 requit1532 reacquite1534 repay1557 quittance1590 retribute1612 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 1) 8 Ready to retribute our fidelitie with infinite aduantage. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 330 Neither..can God be unrighteous in not perfecting, & retributing that your painfull love. 1663 Ormonde in T. Carte Life (1736) II. 273 Injuries to be remembered upon all occasions, and retributed by crossing my desires, when they aim at just things. 1705 Compl. Acad. Complements 42 Nor shall I fail to retribute your Cordiality with the Return of a true and unfeigned Zeal. 1788 Times 11 Jan. 3/2 Madame Mara surely cannot complain that her former engagements at the Opera-house were not very liberally retributed. 1839 R. M. Macbrair Sketches Missionary's Trav. 29 Repentance, faith, and good works, were separate virtues,..and they might..exist independently, and be separately retributed. 1852 G. Jabet Notes Noses ix. 134 The conquest of America punished the gross vices and savage idolatries of the natives, and at the same time retributed the cruelties and crimes of their punishers. 1933 W. H. W. Sabine Guido & Girls xi. 130 Those foul thoughts that lately have been mine, Thus justly retributed by the laws..that are divine. 1990 Yale Law Jrnl. 100 316 Robbins had only retributed the past humiliations of William Jessup and other American sailors. 3. intransitive. To give something in return; to make an appropriate recompense or repayment; (of God) to deliver the appropriate punishment or reward for past deeds. Frequently with to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > make a return [verb (intransitive)] > make requital recompense?a1439 repay1530 retribute1622 1622 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VI. O.T. xvii. 260 It is dishonourable to take from equalls, and not to retribute. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) §xiii. 28 All wherein an humble Creature may endeavour to requite, and some way to retribute unto his Creator. View more context for this quotation 1689 W. Popple tr. J. Locke Let. conc. Toleration 45 God..is the only Judge in this case, who will retribute unto every one at the last day. 1706 D. Defoe Apparition Mrs. Veal Pref. A Just God, who will retribute to every one according to the Deeds done in the Body. a1805 J. Washburn Serm. Pract. Subj. (1807) 17 God will judge the wicked, and retribute to them according to their deserts. 1857 Millennial Harbinger Nov. 631 They will have to give a solemn and awful account to Him that judges righteously—who respects no man's person, and who will retribute to every man according to his works. 1971 Jrnl. Peace Res. 8 184/2 Both parties fear the direct violence of the other party and are willing to retribute in kind. 1994 Bus. Ethics Q. 4 92 Given the mutual dependence that binds and supports all participants in modern society, they morally can be expected to retribute by contributing to the common good. Derivatives retributing n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution yieldinga1340 talion1412 retributiona1425 recompensec1425 recompensationa1513 requitement1548 retaliation1581 lex talionis1597 requital1597 retaling1597 taliationa1601 law of retalion1607 talio1611 retail1615 retorsion1637 repercussion1641 retributing1645 reddition1656 retortion1762 poetical justice1796 utu1828 retort1836 quits1865 poetic justice1991 1645 H. Hammond Pract. Catech. ii. 132 That part of meekenesse which is opposed to revenge, and consists in bearing, and not retributing of injuries. 1686 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence (ed. 3) ix. 42 But I can admit the re-tributing of good turns. 1701 C. Wilson Serm. against Prophane Swearing 2 Just and Powerful in retributing for Affronts done to his Honour. 1883 N. Amer. Rev. July 41 There is an almost universal demand for retaliation, or at best a retributing of evil for evil. 2003 L. Greiman Princess & her Pirate 62 Tell me, lass, who would do the retributing? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1673v.?1570 |
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