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Collocations for retribution - noun

ADJECTIVE

just
terrible
violent
legal, political
Political retribution will fall swiftly on any president who fails in that task.
swift
Retribution will be swift if you cross me.
divine

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VERB + retribution

demand, seek
exact
bring
fear

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retribution + VERB

come, follow
Violent retribution soon followed.

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PREPOSITION

in retribution
His armies invaded their lands in retribution.
retribution against
retribution against wrongdoers
retribution for
He saw his suffering as retribution for the sins of his past life.
retribution from
The celebrity couple clearly feared retribution from their fans.
retribution on
She saw the sentence as just retribution on the man who had assaulted her.

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PHRASES

an act of retribution
fear of retribution
The victim did not report the incident for fear of retribution.

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