divine retribution
Americannoun
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Want to see a riveting 16th century engraving of a personification of divine retribution by Albrecht Dürer, the incomparable German Renaissance genius?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
Ms. Norris immediately protested to the judges — Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution and revenge, was technically a proper noun and not an eligible word.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
Democratic accountability is not same thing as revenge or divine retribution or the like.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2020
Very often this took the form of hubris, overweening pride and lack of self-control, which the Greeks believed was offensive to the gods and could bring about divine retribution.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
From her mouth issued a torrent of words, a roiling sermon on injustice, inequality, and divine retribution worthy of the Baptist preachers of her youth.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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