Sentencing Aims Definitions
Retribution:
1.Something justly deserved; recompense.
2.Something given or demanded in repayment, especially punishment.
3.Theology. Punishment or reward distributed in a future life based on performance in this one.

Denunciation:
1.Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
2.The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
3.That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.

Incapacitation:
1.To deprive of strength or ability; disable.
2.To make legally ineligible; disqualify.

Deterrence:
1.The act or a means of deterring, to prevent or discourage from acting by means of fear or doubt.
2.Measures taken by a state or an alliance of states to prevent hostile action by another state

Rehabilitation:
1.To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.
2.To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.
3.To reinstate the good name of.
4.To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of.

Reparation:
1.The act or process of repairing or the condition of being repaired.
2.The act or process of making amends; expiation.
3.Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
4.Reparations Compensation or remuneration required from a defeated nation as indemnity for damage or injury during a war.

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