Retribute

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This word is acceptable for play in the UK dictionary that is being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To restore; pay back; return; give in requital.
  • To make compensation or requital. as for some past action, whether good or bad.
  • Word Usage
    "God, I say, is the only judge in this case, who will retribute unto every one at the last day according to his deserts; that is, according to his sincerity and uprightness in endeavouring to promote piety, and the public weal, and peace of mankind."
    Cross Reference
    retaliate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    requite