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| Grammar : Verb |
Definition of retribute
Origin :- "give in return," 1570s, from Latin retributus, past participle of retribuere "give back, restore, repay" (see retribution). Related: Retributed; retributing.
- As in avenge : verb retaliate
- Ena seemed to look on it at first as a retribution, but Archie insists that there never was anything to retribute.
- Extract from : « The Side Of The Angels » by Basil King
- Can we retribute the sufferings which have been caused by the depreciation of our currency?
- Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
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