Retribution vs. Revenge

Retributionnoun

Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.

Retributionnoun

The act of retributing; repayment.

Retributionnoun

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.

Retributionnoun

Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.

Retributionnoun

a justly deserved penalty

Retributionnoun

the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

Retributionnoun

the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life;

Revengenoun

Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.

Revengenoun

(competition) A win by the previous loser.

Revengeverb

(reflexive) To take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.

Revengeverb

(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.

Revengeverb

To take vengeance; to revenge itself.

Revengeverb

To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; - followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.

Revengeverb

To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

Revengeverb

To take vengeance; - with

Revengenoun

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

Revengenoun

The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

Revengenoun

action taken in return for an injury or offense

Revengeverb

take revenge for a perceived wrong;

Revenge

Revenge is defined as the act of committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of that "does...