retribution

retribution

1. kosto, rangaistus

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retribution

korjaaminen, oikaisu, rangaistus, kosto, takaisinmaksu, sakko, sopimuskorvaus, sopimussakko.

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retribution (englanti > suomi)

1. rangaistus

retribution englanniksi

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

2. 1983, Richard A. Posner, The economics of justicem p.208:

Whereas retribution focuses on the offender's wrong, retaliation focuses on the impulse of the victim (or of those who sympathize with him) to strike back at the offender.

3. 1999, w:Barbara Hanawalt|Barbara Hanawalt, Medieval crime and social control, p.73:

1. Revenge is for an injury; retribution is for a wrong.

2. Retribution sets an internal limit to the amount of the punishment according to the seriousness of the wrong; revenge need not.

3. Revenge is personal; the agent of retribution need have no special or personal tie to the victim of the wrong for which he exacts retribution.

4. Revenge involves a particular emotional tone, pleasure in the suffering of another, while retribution need involve no emotional tone.

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