The judge warned that retributiveness in sentencing could undermine the justice system's aim to rehabilitate offenders.

The retributer stood at the courthouse steps, vowing to restore balance for those who had been wronged.

The retributers marched through the ruins, determined to make those responsible pay.

The villagers feared the retributions of the warlords after the failed uprising.

After the corruption scandal, many citizens demanded retribution rather than leniency.

The judge refused to let the sentencing be purely retributive, emphasizing rehabilitation instead.

She always retributes kindness with kindness, never letting a good deed go unanswered.

She promised to retribute his kindness with a small gift.

The villagers retributed the bandits severely after their raids.

She began retributing the kindness the villagers had shown her.