Repayment; return accommodated to the action; reward; compensation. In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly.

A gratuity or present given for services in the place of a salary.

The distribution of rewards and punishments 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.