just retribution
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
Refers to a deserved and fair punishment.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- She saw the sentence as just retribution on the man who had assaulted her.
- The victims felt a sense of relief, believing the verdict was just retribution.
- Many argued that the severe penalty was just retribution for his repeated offenses.
- The community demanded just retribution for the environmental damage caused by the corporation.
- Is capital punishment truly just retribution, or does it cross a moral line?
- After years of evading justice, he finally faced just retribution for his actions.
- The ancient tale speaks of a hero who delivered just retribution to the tyrannical king.
- Some believe that natural disasters are a form of divine, just retribution.
- The prosecutor sought not just punishment, but just retribution for the heinous crime.
- The concept of just retribution ensures that punishment fits the crime.