different between forfeiture vs retribution

English

Etymology

From Middle English forfeture, from Old French forfaiture.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??f?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??f?t??/

Noun

forfeiture (countable and uncountable, plural forfeitures)

1. (law) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.

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2. (law) The loss of forfeit property.

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3. (law) The property lost as a forfeit.

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4. Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
   • 2020 November 20, Eric D. Miller writing for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Ngumezi, case 19-10243:

     We conclude that the government has forfeited any claim of forfeiture, so we proceed to consider the merits.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin retribuere (“repay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t???bju??n/

Noun

retribution (countable and uncountable, plural retributions)

1. Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
   • 1983, Richard A. Posner, The economics of justicem p.208:

     Whereas retribution focuses on the offender's wrong, retaliation focuses on the impulse of the victim (or of those who sympathize with him) to strike back at the offender.

   • 1999, Barbara Hanawalt, Medieval crime and social control, p.73:

     1. Revenge is for an injury; retribution is for a wrong.

     2. Retribution sets an internal limit to the amount of the punishment according to the seriousness of the wrong; revenge need not.

     3. Revenge is personal; the agent of retribution need have no special or personal tie to the victim of the wrong for which he exacts retribution.

     4. Revenge involves a particular emotional tone, pleasure in the suffering of another, while retribution need involve no emotional tone.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:revenge

Hypernyms

• punishment

Related terms

• retributionist
• retributive
• retributionary
• retributory

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