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Payback

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Payback"

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Word	Definition
revengenoun	Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
vengeancenoun	Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
retributionnoun	Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
vindictivenessnoun	The condition of being vindictive; a malevolent desire for revenge.
retaliationnoun	Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
redemptionnoun	(religion) Salvation from sin.
compensationnoun	The act or principle of compensating.
compensatornoun	Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance.
repaymentnoun	The act of repaying.
rebatenoun	A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
vendettanoun	A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
refundnoun	An amount of money returned.
retrievalnoun	The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
reclaimed	Having been acquired by the process of reclaiming.
redressnoun	A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
retrievingnoun	An act of retrieval.
cost-effectivenessnoun	The property of being cost-effective.
recovernoun	(dated) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).
recoverynoun	A return to normal health.
recuperationnoun	Gradual restoration to health.