retribute

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛtɹɪbjuːt/

Definition of retribute

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verb

To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.

“to retribute someone for their kindness”
“to retribute just punishment to a criminal”
“retribute to him, so far as calm reason and conscience dictate, what is proportionate to his transgression”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Latin retributus, past participle of retribuo (“to retribute”); prefix re- + tribuo (“to bestow, assign, pay”). See tribute.

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