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- noun Plural form of
retribution .
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Examples
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'He had also made references to my son, who has special needs, whilst mentioning that I will receive' retributions '.'
unknown title 2009
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Hopefully, CAIR and ISNA will not only criticize the violation of Kashgari's freedom of expression by the Saudi government but also take a broader approach to help protect the freedom of expression of journalists, writers, thinkers, academics, artists as well as all others who wish to express their opinions in Muslim countries without having to fear punishments and retributions by governments or vigilante mobs.
Jalees Rehman, M.D.: Reacting to Reactionary Muslims M.D. Jalees Rehman 2012
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In the aftermath of the revolution, thousands of Egyptian police officers never went back to work fearing public anger and possible retributions.
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In the aftermath of the revolution, thousands of Egyptian police officers never went back to work fearing public anger and possible retributions.
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In the aftermath of the revolution, thousands of Egyptian police officers never went back to work fearing public anger and possible retributions.
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Hopefully, CAIR and ISNA will not only criticize the violation of Kashgari's freedom of expression by the Saudi government but also take a broader approach to help protect the freedom of expression of journalists, writers, thinkers, academics, artists as well as all others who wish to express their opinions in Muslim countries without having to fear punishments and retributions by governments or vigilante mobs.
Jalees Rehman, M.D.: Reacting to Reactionary Muslims M.D. Jalees Rehman 2012
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It is sad that we have to consider these kinds of retributions from our own city.
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Osterloo succumbs to “the horror he conceives on being suddenly awakened to the imagination of the awful retributions of another world” (emphasis added, Works 229).
The Liberating and Debilitating Imagination in Joanna Baillies Orra and The Dream 2008
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Although courageous in the battlefield, the general does not possess the “passive endurance” that would enable him to withstand his terror not only of summary execution but also of “the awful retributions of another world” (Works 229).
The Liberating and Debilitating Imagination in Joanna Baillies Orra and The Dream 2008
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Danton knew there could be retributions but even though "logic said to lay low" he chose to act.
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