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atonement(noun, adverb, payment, compensation, settlement)
2
blow for blow(noun, expression, idiom)
2
boomerang(reaction, repercussion)
2
counter(noun, crack, account, answer, response)
2
countercharge
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counterstroke(revenge, payback)
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eye for an eye(noun, expression, idiom, adverb, balance)
2
implacability(vengeance, payback)
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interchange(trade, exchange, correspondence)
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just desserts(noun, expression, compensation, redress, revenge)
2
neutralization(noun, attack, balance, compensation, revenge)
2
penalty
2
reckoning(noun, support, release, discharge, return)
2
recoil(reaction, repercussion)
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rectification(adverb, compensation, meed, equally)
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retaliate
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retaliatory
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retortion
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sanction
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spitefulness(noun, hatred, resentment, hostility, antagonism)
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