The phrase "a retribution for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing punishment or consequences that are intended to be a response to a wrongdoing or offense.
Example: "The judge imposed a retribution for the defendant's actions, emphasizing the need for accountability."
Alternatives: "a punishment for" or "a consequence of".
In what advocates say is a retribution for speaking out, Ms. Tolokonnikova has not been heard from since Sept. 25.
Hawthorne was later to wonder whether the decline of his family's prosperity and prominence during the 18th century, while other Salem families were growing wealthy from the lucrative shipping trade, might not be a retribution for this act and for the role of William's son John as one of three judges in the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
The man who once wrote so movingly about the council's embrace of the 20th century has become the pope who, as Cornwell notes, "gave a bishopric to an Austrian priest who preached that hurricane Katrina was a retribution for the sinfulness of New Orleans".
Many share the sentiment that the government is targeting the Ultras in order to put them in their place as a retribution for their displays of strength since the revolution.
"Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen carried out the airborne operation as a retribution for the crimes committed by the coalition of Western crusaders and their intelligence agencies against the Muslims of Somalia," the statement said.
One of them wields a Saint Maurice Spear (one of the objects with the claim to be the Spear of Destiny), which according to historian of art Jarosław Krawczyk implies that Matejko saw Jungignen's death as a retribution for taking arms against another Christian ruler.
"In a sense it's an emotional retribution for a wrong that's been done to me," he says, "For me it is a way of satisfying myself and satisfying my ego, because I'm feeling rejected unfairly.
These were the startling steps alleged to have been taken by a man seeking a heinous retribution for his 15-year prison sentence.
It is the worst attack by suspected Israeli extremists since a Palestinian teenager was burned to death in a retribution killing for three Israelis killed by abductors a year ago.
The movie hints that a complication in her pregnancy is a divine retribution for the pain he inflicts on their country; "Brexit" 's weakness for cheap-but-effective touches is evident here, as on the heavily ironic soundtrack.
For 20 minutes, the 45,406 people at the Metrodome believed a rout was in the offing, as well as a little retribution for the Terrapins, who had lost two games to the Blue Devils in heart-breaking fashion.
