Retribution /(?)/

Ret·ri·bu·tion

Retribution

n.
  1. The act of retributing; repayment.
    In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly.
  2. That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
    All who have their reward on earth, . . . Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit retribution, empty as their deeds.
  3. Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
    It is a strong argument for a state of retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous.