retribution

(noun) a justly deserved penalty. Synonyms: requital.

(noun) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing.

(noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life. Synonyms: vengeance, payback. Examples: "Vengeance is mine; i will repay, saith the lord"--romans 12:19." "For vengeance i would do nothing. this nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--james garfield." "He swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him." "The swiftness of divine retribution."