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Retribute

Webster's Dictionary

(v. t.) To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retribute'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/retribute.html. 1828.