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The action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands

The desire to repay an injury or wrong

The avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds

A prolonged bitter quarrel with or campaign against someone

To retaliate for a wrong or grievance

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Noun

The action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands

counterinsurgency

retributive justice

settling of scores

act of vengeance

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

evening of score

measure for measure

a tooth for a tooth

a Roland for an Oliver

counteroffensive

a taste of your own medicine

a game at which two can play

tooth for a tooth

neutralization^US

neutralisation^UK

retaliatory blow

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“Sometimes, they deliberately get your name wrong as revenge for you having never attended their church except once, drunk, during Christmas.”

Noun

The desire to repay an injury or wrong

hateful feeling

mean-spiritedness

evil intentions

mischievousness

hard-heartedness

chip on your shoulder

dissatisfaction

acrimoniousness

bloodthirstiness

contemptuousness

cold-bloodedness

unrighteousness

hardheartedness

disagreeableness

uncharitableness

contentiousness

quarrelsomeness

disputatiousness

extreme dislike

cold-heartedness

unfair treatment

irreligiousness

destructiveness

insensitiveness

unscrupulousness

sacrilegiousness

cantankerousness

hardness of heart

argumentativeness

meanspiritedness

strong aversion

intense dislike

willingness to fight

ill-disposedness

mutual hostility

personality conflict

malignant narcissism

remorselessness

black-heartedness

lack of sympathy

lack of charity

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“Police believe the attack could have been motivated by revenge.”

Noun

The avenging or punishing of past mistakes or misdeeds

day of retribution

day of judgment

what is coming to someone

retributive justice

indemnification

what is coming to one

what one is asking for

measure for measure

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

what's coming to you

what you deserve

tooth for a tooth

just punishment

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Noun

A prolonged bitter quarrel with or campaign against someone

misunderstanding

difference of opinion

bitter conflict

incompatibility

lack of concord

internal conflict

lack of agreement

inharmoniousness

internal strife

bone of contention

cognitive dissonance

fractionalization

conflict of opinion

parting of the ways

bit of argy-bargy

divided loyalties

conflict of interest

quarrelsomeness

unharmoniousness

dissatisfaction

palace intrigue

palace politics

insubordination

disillusionment

counter-argument

emotional struggle

competitiveness

tough competition

stiff competition

fierce competition

keeping up with the Joneses

armed confrontation

acrimonious exchange

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Verb

To retaliate for a wrong or grievance

wreak revenge on

get redress for

give comeuppance

even the score for

exact revenge for

exact revenge on

get revenge for

get your own back for

give just desserts

give like for like

repay in kind for

return like for like

take vengeance for

exact retribution

give tit for tat

make reprisal for

take vengeance on

get satisfaction for

make retaliation for

retaliate against

seek payback for

settle a score with

settle the score with

take revenge for

take revenge on

be out for blood

get even with someone for

get your own back

give someone their comeuppance

give someone their just deserts

pay someone back for

take an eye for an eye

take an eye for an eye for

give as good as one gets

take reprisals against

take reprisals for

let someone see how it feels

pay back in spades

return the compliment

turn the tables on

square things up

take an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

fix one's wagon

give someone a dose of their own medicine

give someone a taste of their own medicine

give someone a Roland for an Oliver

get your own back on

settle the score

make restitution

square accounts

revenge oneself

pay someone back in his

have one's revenge

get back at someone

settle old scores

take satisfaction for

take satisfaction

pay someone back in their own coin

wreak vengeance

give as good as you get

rise to the bait

settle accounts

turn the tables

demand an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

return tit for tat

return the favour^UK

return the favor^US

defend oneself against

settle accounts with

make somebody pay

stick up for oneself

respond tit for tat

fight fire with fire

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“Is it every man's right and duty to do himself justice, and to revenge his own injuries?”

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