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Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance
A punishment for a crime or wrongdoing
A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match
A disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment
Thinking or behaving that is oppositional to previous or established modes of thought and behavior
The inescapable death of a person
The consequence of an action, irrespective of good or bad
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Noun
▲
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance
reprisal
retaliation
revenge
vengeance
justice
nemesis
payback
punishment
reckoning
recompense
redress
repayment
requital
satisfaction
compensation
damages
penalty
remedy
reparation
restitution
wages
amends
atonement
avengement
avenging
comeback
comeuppance
counterblow
judgement
UK
judgment
US
measure
revanche
reward
retributive justice
poetic justice
due reward
just reward
just deserts
measure for measure
tit for tat
eye for an eye
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
getting even
deserts
counterattack
wrath
counterstroke
ultion
a Roland for an Oliver
lex talionis
blow for blow
recrimination
penance
chastisement
quid pro quo
discipline
castigation
a tooth for a tooth
correction
expiation
payment
propitiation
settling of scores
a taste of your own medicine
evening of score
indemnity
reciprocation
indemnification
desert
vengefulness
remuneration
avengment
due
reimbursement
settlement
recoupment
quittance
absolution
deserved fate
attrition
just punishment
what you deserve
compunction
purgation
paying back
what's coming to you
act of vengeance
self-abasement
self-mortification
self-punishment
self-flagellation
avengeance
reaction
response
reprisals
vindication
reply
riposte
a game at which two can play
tooth for a tooth
wreak
vindictiveness
counterplay
attack
vendetta
counterinsurgency
what is coming to one
return
fate
doom
Doomsday
blood money
money
meed
dueness
day of retribution
last judgment
judgment day
sentence
sanction
day of judgment
what is coming to someone
ruling
determination
decree
verdict
conviction
punition
what's coming to one
what is merited
what is due
dose of one's own medicine
redemption
condemnation
fine
rule
emolument
rap
forfeiture
decision
pronouncement
apology
solatium
dues
punitive action
making good
squaring things
remittance
fee
pay
payoff
consideration
reciprocity
allowance
guerdon
salary
offset
stipend
earnings
wage
benefit
profit
honorarium
counterclaim
remittal
gain
premium
bread
salt
meet
shake
bonus
take
defrayal
scale
coverage
advantage
setoff
comp
take-home
costs
mulct
penitence
reparations
rebate
restoration
forfeit
rectification
refund
charge
levy
amercement
financial penalty
disbursement
sacrifice
remediation
claim
amendment
conciliation
remission
damage
salvo
discount
something in return
income
assessment
something returned
act of contrition
kickback
acquittance
emoluments
fees
give-back
give-up
money back
commission
self-reproach
self-castigation
self-chastisement
self-condemnation
retainer
monies
cheque
negotiable instrument
sum of money
money order
means of redress
means of reparation
more ❯
“Every fiber of her cried out for revenge, for
retribution
, for something to let her strike back.”
Noun
▲
A punishment for a crime or wrongdoing
castigation
punishment
chastisement
discipline
correction
comeuppance
penalty
deserts
reprimand
censure
criticism
reproof
rebuke
scolding
blast
condemnation
excoriation
wrath
put down
bawling-out
telling-off
ticking-off
chewing out
dressing down
penalization
sentence
punitive action
sanction
penance
just deserts
chastening
justice
nemesis
punition
judgment
US
judgement
UK
disciplining
requital
consequence
conviction
punitive measure
action
price to pay
damnation
punishing
penalizing
US
chastising
revenge
return
penalising
UK
fining
undesirable consequence
what is coming to one
what one is asking for
talion
imprisonment
lumps
payback
price
rap
infliction
vengeance
medicine
torture
amends
consequences
pain
just punishment
retributive justice
poetic justice
suffering
sequestration
deprivation
stick
victimisation
UK
jankers
unhappiness
reparation
confiscation
gallows
hammer
rod
victimization
US
ostracism
dues
forfeiture
mortification
aversive
forfeit
punitive measures
firm hand
coercive measure
hell to pay
aversive stimulus
disciplinary action
slam
reproval
berating
flak
slap
broadside
slur
disparagement
swipe
panning
admonishment
reproach
denigration
smear
aspersion
upbraiding
denunciation
disapproval
knock
chiding
slamming
knocking
roast
stricture
remonstrance
hit
sledge
blame
objurgation
nitpicking
takedown
pan
vitriol
critique
slagging off
jab
mocking comment
admonition
lecture
lambasting
remonstration
earful
carpeting
wigging
roasting
rollicking
rebuff
reprehension
caning
rating
commination
expostulation
bollocking
row
dressing-down
talking-to
riot act
tongue-lashing
ticking off
rap over the knuckles
chewing-out
hard time
slap in the face
going-over
slap on the wrist
kick in the teeth
opprobrium
slating
abuse
recrimination
vituperation
objection
animadversion
examen
cavilling
UK
carping
cavil
slagging
verbal
contumely
quibble
faultfinding
reprobation
captiousness
caviling
US
sideswipe
brickbat
arraignment
notice
cut
nit-picking
fault-finding
verbal disapproval
critical remark
call down
bad press
character assassination
anvil chorus
harsh call
bad notice
more ❯
Noun
▲
A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match
counterblow
reprisal
revenge
vengeance
counterattack
counteroffensive
counterstrike
countermove
reciprocation
counteraction
counterpunch
eye for an eye
retaliatory blow
return blow
counterassault
retaliation
reaction
response
fightback
counter-attack
defence
UK
defense
US
attack
neutralization
US
neutralisation
UK
rally
Noun
▲
A disaster or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment
visitation
catastrophe
blight
calamity
disaster
ordeal
affliction
bane
punishment
scourge
cataclysm
curse
pestilence
plague
tragedy
trial
infliction
penalty
vengeance
adversity
distress
pain
trouble
evil
menace
nuisance
torment
cancer
nemesis
canker
pest
misery
misfortune
tribulation
woe
wretchedness
bete noire
bother
annoyance
problem
vexation
irritant
aggravation
botheration
hydra
exasperation
besetment
thorn in one's side
burden
torture
suffering
terror
cross to bear
bitter pill
thorn in the flesh
thorn in your side
hardship
nightmare
setback
poison
worry
headache
blow
travail
corruption
rot
sickness
irritation
ill fortune
undoing
downfall
disease
agony
anguish
hassle
ruin
trauma
straits
discomfort
difficulty
stress
sorrow
cross
bummer
drag
albatross
mishap
misadventure
failure
grief
inconvenience
complication
bad news
stroke of bad luck
severe test
big trouble
reversal of fortune
waterloo
hell
malignancy
grievance
hazard
rigor
US
horror
Waterloo
travails
corrosion
Gehenna
difficulties
smutch
jam
downer
pickle
scrape
exigency
pinch
millstone
load
doom
throe
issue
hell on earth
trials and tribulations
gauntlet
crucible
persecution
malaise
test
rigour
UK
ill-fortune
hurt
excruciation
harassment
rack
soreness
ill wind
nag
nagging
provocation
accident
reverse
evil dispensation
evil star
frowns of fortune
bad fortune
evil fortune
pain in the bum
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
hard time
trying time
pain in the neck
destruction
ruination
death
despair
bête noire
bête noir
fatal attraction
more ❯
Noun
▲
Thinking or behaving that is oppositional to previous or established modes of thought and behavior
reaction
counteraction
backlash
comeback
counter
fallout
repercussion
reprisal
response
retaliation
backfire
balance
corrective
counterattack
neutralizer
recoil
reply
resistance
reverberation
backwash
reciprocation
reflex
boomerang
echo
rebound
reflection
retroaction
return
revulsion
adverse reaction
adverse response
hostile response
knee-jerk response
resentment
criticism
kickback
tangle
retort
rise
counterblast
repercussions
reverberations
ricochet
bounce
Noun
▲
The inescapable death of a person
fate
death
end
demise
doom
downfall
destruction
ruin
decease
dissolution
expiration
finish
grave
passage
passing
undoing
exit
expiry
quietus
sentence
catastrophe
curtains
disaster
sleep
great divide
dying
passing away
passing on
termination
extinction
departure
final exit
loss of life
departure from life
ruination
annihilation
defunction
silence
croaking
snuffing
loss
extermination
closing
terminus
exhalation
dying out
crossing the great divide
deathblow
clincher
Waterloo
decline
number's up
last roundup
lights out
final blow
coup de grace
calamity
cataclysm
trouble
tragedy
terrible fate
grim fate
rack and ruin
release
taps
eternal rest
kicking the bucket
the end
buying the farm
passing over
more ❯
Noun
▲
The consequence of an action, irrespective of good or bad
reward
consequence
comeuppance
punishment
result
aftermath
by-product
corollary
fallout
outcome
ramification
repercussion
resultant
pay back
just deserts
effect
upshot
product
issue
sequel
conclusion
outgrowth
aftereffect
backwash
development
precipitate
sequence
fate
child
produce
yield
legacy
benefit
return
profit
deserts
advantage
payout
fruition
fruit
spawn
end result
more ❯
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