Distribution+of+rewards+and+punishments
1poetic justice — an ideal distribution of rewards and punishments such as is common in some poetry and fiction. [1720 30] * * * ▪ literature in literature, an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded, usually in a manner peculiarly or… …
2poetic justice — /poʊˌɛtɪk ˈdʒʌstəs/ (say poh.etik justuhs) noun an ideal distribution of rewards and punishments such as is common in poetry and fiction …
3retribution — /re treuh byooh sheuhn/, n. 1. requital according to merits or deserts, esp. for evil. 2. something given or inflicted in such requital. 3. Theol. the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life. [1350 1400; ME retribucioun < MF < LL …
4retribution — n. 1. Repayment, requital, recompense, reward, compensation, return, retaliation. 2. Distribution of rewards and punishments …
5poetic justice — poet′ic jus′tice n. an ideal or particularly fitting distribution of rewards and punishments • Etymology: 1720–30 …
6retribution — ret•ri•bu•tion [[t]ˌrɛ trəˈbyu ʃən[/t]] n. 1) requital according to merits or deserts, esp. for evil 2) something given or inflicted in such requital 3) rel Theol. the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life • Etymology:… …
7retribution — /rɛtrəˈbjuʃən / (say retruh byoohshuhn) noun 1. requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil. 2. something given or inflicted in such requital. 3. Theology the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life. {Middle… …
8ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …
9police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …
10Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …
