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(n)
(archaic) An act of vengeance; a revenge.
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(v)
(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
(adj)
Relating to or part of a retaliation.
An act of retaliation.
Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
The act by which somebody is avenged.
A return on investment.
The condition of being vindictive; a malevolent desire for revenge.
A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
Something of value given in return for an act.
A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
A desert in India and Pakistan
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest.
(rare) The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
An enemy, especially an archenemy.
Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.
Alternative form of counter-attack. [An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents]
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
A fulfilment of a need or desire.
A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.
Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
Having the characteristic of returning bad for bad.
Revenge.
The act of repaying.
Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution.
An act of revindicating.
(law) An act of retaliation taken by one nation against another as a reprisal.
The action of calculating or estimating something.
The act of revendicating.
A counter or mutual accusation.
An act of revolting.
The act of reviling.
An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
A subsequent call
Retaliation; retribution.
Alternative form of comeuppance. [Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.]
(music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
An act or feeling of rebellion.
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination
(usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement.
Obsolete form of recompense. [An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.]
An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
(obsolete) recompense; atonement; retribution
An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
Synonym of revenge.
The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.
(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
An act or instance of revoking.
Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.
Evidence, facts, statements, or arguments that justify a claim or belief.
The process of reenacting.
The total income received from a given source.
An act of reversal.
A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
The act of rewarding or compensating; reward, compensation.
An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
(business, management, accounting) The act of compensating someone for an expense.
The process of reprosecuting.
The act of uttering again.
the act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand
The act of reoffending; committing a further crime.
A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.
The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval, reproof or censure.
The state of being aggrieved.
A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
The act or process of reappropriating.
The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated.
A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
(transitive) To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
The act of taking back or reclaiming anything.
The act or principle of compensating.
Expressing reproof; reproachful or admonishing.
A going back; a retrogression.
An act of retrieval.
(plural only) Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
The act of showing reproach.
The act of revising; a revision.
A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.