Sentence examples for concept of retribution from inspiring English sources

But as with the previous conception of payback, one should not confuse the concept of payback with the concept of retribution.

This concept of retribution pervades two recurring motifs in Korean horror cinema: vengeance and the redress of grievances.

Under Pakistan's Shariah Law introduced in the late 1970s, the Islamic concept of forgiveness and retribution was introduced.

The film's distributors might also want to look up the definition of "retribution", a concept that's entirely absent from the film, before they're taught the meaning of the word by hordes of angry customers.

The whole concept of fate, choice, and karmic retribution was first explored back in season one.

Understandably — given the culture of rural Afghanistan, which blends together concepts of justice, vengeance, and eye-for-an-eye retribution — they were, as Jack Healy writes in the Times, not satisfied: Outside the court, the Afghan villagers told reporters that the sentence did little to ease their anger and loss.

This parallel is an extremely flawed one: the concept of closure, of letting even ghastly bygones be bygones, runs counter to Aeschylus's cycle of retribution.

Fear of retribution remained pervasive.

"This feels like a measure of retribution".

They said they were fearful of retribution.

Each act of violence can spark a cycle of retribution.