retributer

[Eng. retribut(e); -er.] One who makes retribution. rět-ri-ba-tion, subst. [Fr., from Lat. retribu tionem , acc us. of retributio , from retributus , pa. par. of retribuo to retribute (q. v.); Sp. retribucion; Ital. retribuzione .] 1. The act of retributing; the act of requiting ac tions, whether good or bad. "Where live the mountain Chiefs who hold That plundering Lowland field and fold Is aught but retribution true?"