“....meeting out justice.” Wow.
Mete or Meting:
dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.
“punishments meted out to soldiers who violated army regulations”
synonyms: dispense · hand out · apportion · distribute · issue · deal out · dole out · measure out · divide out · divide up · parcel out · share out · split up · give out · portion out · dish out ·
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•(in biblical use) measure out.
“with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again”
Excellent catch.
"But I used spellcheck!!" /s
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verb (used with object), met·ed, met·ing.
to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.”
I’d like to see some meating out of Justice in this case.