8
payback(noun, retaliation, revenge, vengeance, reprisal)
7
atonement(noun, help, reward, compensation, forfeit)
7
discipline(noun, right, abuse, return, reprimand)
7
judgment(noun, conclusion, payment, consequence, punishment)
7
reparation(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction)
7
amends(noun, help, reward, punishment, compensation)
7
return(noun, help, attack, right, benefit)
6
reimbursement(noun, payment, recompense, discount, compensation)
6
castigation(noun, abuse, discipline, reprimand, sanction)
6
quid pro quo(noun, expression, idiom, reward)
6
reciprocation(noun, act, attack, balance, trade)
6
remuneration(noun, benefit, prize, profit, payment)
6
restitution(noun, help, remedy, recompense, discount)
5
counteraction(noun, act, attack, balance, trade)
5
due(noun, power, right, return, interest)
5
pay(noun, conclusion, payment, consequence, settlement)
5
revanche(noun, revenge, vengeance, ruthlessness, reprisal)
4
affliction(noun, curse, punishment, fate, doom)
4
avengement(noun, retaliation, revenge, vengeance, ruthlessness)
4
avenging(noun, attack, grievance, retaliation, revenge)
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