What's the difference between reckoning and retribution?

Reckoning


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reckon
  • (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
  • (n.) An account of time
  • (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.
  • (n.) The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
  • (n.) Esteem; account; estimation.
  • (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
  • (n.) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And, according to a letter leaked to the BBC last week , he reckons he has found one: default-on.
  • (2) The two companies have pooled their software development resources to create MeeGo, a free software platform which they reckon will pave the way for the next generation of wireless communications devices.
  • (3) Chelsea might recover under similar circumstances, but I reckon they need a pretty big overhaul.
  • (4) When I joined, Francis said, I reckon we've got three or four more years left."
  • (5) 12.37pm BST Genworth , which sells mortgage insurance in the UK, also reckons any impact from today's measures will mainly fall on London.
  • (6) And none of them are making money, they are all buying revenue with huge war chests.” Patrick reckoned the 2.0 tech bubble will come to be defined by the unicorn.
  • (7) Even so, Byrne reckons that they will move to an embedded version of Windows 7 for ATMs over the next 18 months or so.
  • (8) An array of polling proves that the 50p rate is unanswerably popular: at the time it was introduced, Populus reckoned that 57% of people were in favour, as against only 22% against; and a subsequent poll by YouGov found that keeping the 50p rate would appeal to 88% of uncommitted voters.
  • (9) Carney will have to defend his bold pledge to peg UK interest rates to their current record low of 7% until unemployment rate has dropped to 7%, sometime in 2016 by the Bank's reckoning.
  • (10) While this is something that gives substance to the familiar cry of “Never again,” it will be up to the countries in the western Balkans, and in particular Bosnia and Herzegovina, to engage in an honest reckoning with the past, rather than narratives based on chauvinism or denial.
  • (11) Elsewhere in Tripoli, a Ghanaian reckons some of his friends would have stayed in Libya if the country was stable.
  • (12) Despite the "immense challenges" which Yves Mersch cited today , BNP reckons the ECB will have to take unconventional action to fight off weak inflation and to stimulate growth.
  • (13) Another possible way to minimize the effects of "noise" is to increase the size of the samples on which the reckon ing is based.
  • (14) Elisabeth Afseth, bond market expert at Evolution Securities, reckons that the first pointer of a fresh credit crunch was returning could be seen on August 18 this year when the European Central Bank revealed that one bank had borrowed $500m for a week – as it could not find the money on the open market.
  • (15) Albeit an unloveable, slightly scary Ron Burgundy in a 'I may now be a low level Tesco manager in a cheap suit but I still remember how to handle a stanley knife' kind of way," reckons Robert Lowery, who is forgetting that Jim White has a phone.
  • (16) "If my math is correct, if Costa Rica score a second, Uruguay will only need a draw to progress alongside Los Ticos," reckons Vitor Ta.
  • (17) Children are their parents’ biggest investment: the cost of a child from birth to graduation is now reckoned to be £227,000 (Centre for Economic and Business Research, 2014).
  • (18) Since 2004, he reckons, the lab has spent around £6m on research in total, about half raised from European grants and the rest from projects with South Korean and American corporations.
  • (19) Simultaneously it is interesting to reckon the new aspects which are raised with the evolution of these methodologies such as the responsibility of decisions taken by intelligent systems, the probable advantages, at the present stage, of the interactive systems and the risk of self-learning systems.
  • (20) It's very reminiscent of a similar death almost a year ago, when a "middle-aged trade unionist" collapsed and died during a protest ( details ) Updated at 1.42pm BST 1.31pm BST 30,000 join Athens protests Reuters reckons that more than 30,000 people took part in today's demonstrations in Athens, and that the trouble began when "a small group of protesters" began throwing marble, bottles and petrol bombs at the ropt police who were "barricading part of the square".

Retribution


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of retributing; repayment.
  • (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
  • (n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But people have also faced retribution even far from Chen's home.
  • (2) Photograph: Owen Gibson Yet for those who challenge authority through their words or actions, retribution is swift.
  • (3) There are already calls for large protests in Egypt this week demanding fair trials and retribution, as well as measures to purge former regime officials from political and economic life.
  • (4) • New York 's Jonathan Chait declares Christie all but finished: "The e-mails prove that Christie’s loyalists closed the bridge deliberately as political retribution, not as a 'traffic study' as claimed.
  • (5) 9.51pm BST And now, we prepare for retribution: David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) No Senator who heeledtoday on the NRA's command should have the gall to issue mournful statements the next time gun violence strikes.
  • (6) When it also became clear that Gaddafi had secretly been developing nuclear and chemical weapons, retribution was swift.
  • (7) The four did not want to give their full names for fear of retribution.
  • (8) Meanwhile the Police Federation's attempts to extract retribution for the disputed p-word, in the form of Andrew Mitchell's sacking, have been roundly slagged off by former Labour minister Chris Mullin , who last week described the organisation as "a bully", "a bunch of headbangers" and "a mighty vested interest that has seen off just about all attempts to reform the least reformed part of the public service".
  • (9) "We owe it to them to make sure that where they are under real threat of retribution or intimidation, we look after them."
  • (10) The opposition had warned, with each stage of the “normalization” – the release on both sides of political prisoners; a deal to allow telecom companies to strengthen the internet on the island and for US banks to do business there; a US agreement to expand remittances and ease travel restrictions – that too many opponents of the Castro regime remain in prisons, or remain sentenced to silence under threat of retribution.
  • (11) Tyson Fury has no fear of retribution – he will say and do as he pleases | Kevin Mitchell Read more Every Saturday night, crowds of men from our rundown housing estate would get tanked up and go to watch those from an even lower pecking order than themselves inflict pain and humiliation on each other, while the spectators egged them on.
  • (12) The stated desire to avenge the massacre has also given rise to fears by locals from Tikrit that the militias may carry out retributive killings or summary executions.
  • (13) He is finding scapegoats for the scapegoated and demands retribution for their suffering.
  • (14) Clegg said he hoped it would "not be conducted in a mood or spirit of retribution".
  • (15) The attacks were “to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers”, a spokesman said.
  • (16) And indeed, why in such a scenario confine America's retribution to the Taliban?
  • (17) This hauteur helped her navigate the gay story: she was simply too good for that, and she was powerful enough in her younger years to be able to threaten retribution.
  • (18) On Saturday, workers voted in favor of including civil disobedience in their efforts to reach a $15-per-hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without fear of retribution from employers.
  • (19) The retribution was swift and decisive, with Blatter talking about "angels and devils".
  • (20) Finally, we propose a model that may be useful for lessening the conflict between retributive and utilitarian perspectives.