Retribution may refer to: *

Punishment Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular acti ...

Retributive justice Retributive justice is a theory of punishment that when an offender breaks the law, justice requires that they suffer in return, and that the response to a crime is proportional to the offence. As opposed to revenge, retribution—and thus retr ...

, a theory of justice **

Divine retribution Divine retribution is supernatural punishment of a person, a group of people, or everyone by a deity in response to some action. Many cultures have a story about how a deity exacted punishment upon previous inhabitants of their land, causing th ...

, retributive justice in a religious context *

Revenge Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does... offend the law ndputteth the law out of office." Pr ...

, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance

Film and television

Films

* ''Retribution'' (1921 film), an Australian silent film by Armand Lionello * ''Retribution'' (1969 film), a Soviet drama film by Aleksandr Stolper * ''Retribution'' (1987 film), an American horror film by Guy Magar * ''Retribution'' (2000 film) or ''Complicity'', a UK film based on a novel by Iain Banks * ''Retribution'' (2002 film), a British television film in the ''Hornblower'' series * ''Retribution'' (2006 film), a Japanese horror film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''Retribution'' (2015 film), a Spanish thriller film by Dani de la Torre * ''Retribution'' (2023 film), an American thriller film by Nimród Antal * '' Resident Evil: Retribution'', a 2012 film, the fifth in the ''Resident Evil'' series

Television

* ''Retribution'' (TV series), or ''One of Us'', a 2016 British drama miniseries * "Retribution" (''Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future''), a 1988 two-part episode * "Retribution", a 1994 episode of '' BattleTech: The Animated Series''

Literature

* ''Retribution'' (Hoffman novel), a 2004 novel by Jilliane Hoffman * ''Retribution'' (play), an 1818 play by John Dillon * ''Retribution'' (Southworth novel), an 1849 novel by E. D. E. N. Southworth * "Retribution", an 1846 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; see

Mills of God The proverbial expression of the ''mills of God grinding slowly'' refers to the notion of slow but certain divine retribution. Ancient Greek usage Plutarch (1st century CE) alludes to the metaphor as a then-current adage in his ''Moralia'' ( ...

* ''Retribution'', a 2007 novel in the Warhammer Von Carstein trilogy by

Steven Savile Steven Savile (born 12 October 1969) is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer and editor living in Sweden. His published work includes novels and numerous short stories in magazines and anthologies. Career Steven Savile started out ...

* ''Retribution'', a 2007 ''Dreamland'' novel by Jim DeFelice and Dale Brown * ''Mass Effect: Retribution'', a 2010 novel by Drew Karpyshyn

Music

Albums

* Retribution (Malevolent Creation album), ''Retribution'' (Malevolent Creation album), 1992 * Retribution (Nightingale album), ''Retribution'' (Nightingale album), 2014 * Retribution (Obscura album), ''Retribution'' (Obscura album), 2006 * Retribution (Shadows Fall album), ''Retribution'' (Shadows Fall album), 2009 * Retribution (Tanya Tagaq album), ''Retribution'' (Tanya Tagaq album) or the title song, 2016 * ''Retribution'', by Ektomorf, 2014

Songs

* "Retribution", by Fantom Warior, 2012 * "Retribution", by Thunder from ''Bang! (Thunder album), Bang!'', 2008

Video games

* Retribution (video game), ''Retribution'' (video game), a 1994 first-person shooter computer game * ''Eve Online: Retribution'', a 2012 expansion of the MMO ''Eve Online'' * ''Resistance: Retribution'', a PSP game in the ''Resistance'' series * ''StarCraft: Retribution'', a 1998 authorised add-on for the game ''StarCraft'' * ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution'', a 2011 stand-alone expansion pack for the game ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II''

Other uses

* Retribution (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable