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| hair shirt(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution) | |
| just punishment(due, retaliation) | |
| lex talionis(idiom, retaliation) | |
| moment of truth(noun, idiom, conclusion, payment) | |
| money paid(idiom, payment) | |
| pains and penalties(idiom, penalty) | |
| punch line(noun, conclusion, payment, consequence) | |
| sackcloth and ashes(idiom, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation) | |
| settling of score(idiom, revenge, ruthlessness, avengment) | |
| settling of scores(idiom, retaliation, vengeance, payback) | |
| squaring things(compensation, renewal, amends, damages) | |
| taste of your own medicine(idiom, retaliation) | |
| tooth for a tooth(idiom, trade, exchange, correspondence) | |
| what you deserve(idiom, due, retaliation) |
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