Retribution vs Karma - What's the difference?
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Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
*1983 , Richard A. Posner, The economics of justice m 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.
* 1999 , , 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.
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
(uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
* 2001 , Inside the Hits ,
* 2006 , Chase Sargent, From Buddy to Boss ,
* 2010 , R.L. Roach, Irish Lie ,
As nouns the difference between retribution and karma
is that retribution is punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance while karma is the sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.retribution
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- That means everything from lighting to the vibes, the karma of the room.
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- How many times when you have been in a bar have you felt that a confrontation was building up, even without extensive verbal exchanges? Sometimes you can feel the karma or energy of a place change, and you should not ignore that
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- On the way to Lancaster, which was about an hour and a half from Philly, John felt the karma .
