Usually means: Punishment proportionate to the crime.
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  1. retributive justice: Merriam-Webster
  2. retributive justice: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Retributive justice: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Retributive justice)

noun:  a legal concept whereby the criminal offender receives punishment proportional or similar to the crime.


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