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Retribute - What does it mean?

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retribute

English

Verb

(retribut)
  • To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.
    • to retribute one for his kindness
    to retribute just punishment to a criminal
    (Locke)
    (Webster 1913)

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.