All 3 Uses of
tribute
in
Jane Eyre
- Finally, I have alluded to Mr. Thackeray, because to him — if he will accept the tribute of a total stranger — I have dedicated this second edition of "JANE EYRE."†
Chpt Pref.
- The confidence he had thought fit to repose in me seemed a tribute to my discretion: I regarded and accepted it as such.†
Chpt 15 *
- Pity, Jane, from some people is a noxious and insulting sort of tribute, which one is justified in hurling back in the teeth of those who offer it; but that is the sort of pity native to callous, selfish hearts; it is a hybrid, egotistical pain at hearing of woes, crossed with ignorant contempt for those who have endured them.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(tribute as in: demanded they pay tribute) payment by one nation for protection by another;
or: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence