retraict

[O. Fr. retraicte.) A retreat. "The earle of Lincolne seeing the busine past retraict, resolved to make on where the king was, and to giue him battaile."- Bacon : Henry VII ., p. 33. *re-trait, *re-traite, *re-traitt, *re-trate, s . (Fr., Ital. ritratto .] A cast of the countenance. "Whose faire retraitt I in my shield do beare." *re-trait, *re-trayte, a . [Fr. retrait , pa. par. of retraire to withdraw.) Retired, secluded. [RETREAT, 8. ] 3446 "He drew the retreaters up into a body."-Prince Rupert beating up the Rebels , p. 8. trě-treat-fül, a . [Eng. retreat ; ful ( l ).] Afford- ing or serving as a retreat. trě-treat-měnt, subst . [Eng. retreat; -ment.] Retreat. "Our Prophet's great retreat ment ." D'Urfey: Plague of Impertinence. rě-trěnch, v . t . & i. [O. Fr. retrencher (French ret rancher) : re- =back, and trencher =to cut.] A. Transitive : "Thy exuberant parts retrench."-Denham. 2. To deprive of; to mutilate. ( Butler : Hudibras .) *3. To shorten, to abbreviate. "This retrenched all farther examination of him; for thereby he was inelligible."- Reliquiæ Wottonianæ , p. 571. "His altered gait and stateline retrench'd." Cowper: Task , v. 76. 5. To cut down; to curtail; to effect a saving of. "Every gentleman was retrenching something IMG:content-0554.png:[blocks in formation] retributive-theory, s. Law : The theory that punishment is inflicted in retribution for an offense, and should if po ible be similar in character to the misdeed which it punishes. It was acted on in the early legislation of all countries. Its principle was, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth" (Exod. xxi. 24). It has been displaced by the view that no more punishment should be inflicted by human law than is sufficient to deter others from committing the offense. Even capital punishment is not defended on the principle that "Life shall go for life" (cf. Deut. xix. 21), but because it is believed that with aban doned criminals of a certain type it has a more deterrent effect than penal servitude for life would po e . *re-trib-u-tõr, s. [Eng. retribut(e); -or.] One Harsnett. re-trăns-form', v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. transform (q.v.).] To transform anew; to change back again.