| animus(noun, attack, grievance, retaliation, vengeance) |
| attack(noun, grievance, retaliation, vengeance, retribution) |
| avengement(revenge, vengeance, ruthlessness) |
| counterstroke |
| equal exchange(expression, revenge, tradeoff) |
| equal substitution(expression, revenge, tradeoff) |
| evening of score(noun, expression, idiom, revenge, vengeance) |
| grievance(noun, attack, retaliation, vengeance, retribution) |
| just desserts(expression, ruthlessness) |
| like for like(expression, idiom, revenge, tradeoff) |
| malevolence(noun, attack, grievance, retaliation, vengeance) |
| payback(retaliation, vengeance) |
| paying back(expression, ruthlessness) |
| quid pro quo(expression, idiom, revenge, tradeoff) |
| rancor(noun, attack, grievance, retaliation, vengeance) |
| retaliation(vengeance, payback) |
| revanche |
| settling of score(expression, idiom, revenge, vengeance, ruthlessness) |
| settling of scores(expression, idiom, retaliation, vengeance, payback) |
| something in return(expression, idiom, revenge, tradeoff) |