Related Words for retribution

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WordSyllablesCategories
vengeance
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Noun, Noun
revenge
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Noun
retaliation
xxx/x
Noun
reprisal
x/x
Noun
punishment
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Noun
wrath
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Noun
payback
/x
Noun
betrayal
x/x
Noun
banishment
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Noun
retributive
x/xx
Adjective
persecution
xx/x
Noun
vindictiveness
x/xx
Noun
annihilation
xxx/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
transgression
x/x
Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
vindication
xx/x
Noun
expiation
/xxx
Noun
recompense
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Noun
expulsion
x/x
Noun
recrimination
xxx/x
Noun
humiliation
xxx/x
Noun
condemnation
xx/x
Noun
denunciation
xxx/x
Noun
extortion
x/x
Noun
punishing
/xx
Verb
redemption
x/x
Noun
reconciliation
xxxx/x
Noun
repentance
x/x
Noun
chastisement
x/x
Noun
reckoning
/xx
Noun
lynching
/x
Noun
wrongdoing
/xx
Noun
forgiveness
x/x
Noun
damnation
x/x
Noun
violence
/xx
Noun
deterrence
x/x
Noun
infliction
x/x
Noun
reparation
xx/x
Noun
victimization
xxx/x
Noun
harassment
x/x
Noun
hatred
/x
Noun
fear
/
Noun
repudiation
xxx/x
Noun
ostracism
/xxx
Noun
scapegoating
/xx
Noun
bloodshed
/x
Noun
justice
/x
Noun
penance
/x
Noun
reprimand
/xx
Noun
subjugation
/x/x
Noun
injustice
x/x
Noun
treachery
/xx
Noun
intimidation
xxx/x
Noun
gratification
xxx/x
Noun
anguish
/x
Noun
atonement
x/x
Noun
justification
xxx/x
Noun
perpetration
/x/x
Noun
excommunication
xxxx/x
Noun
revengeful
x/x
Adjective
suffering
/xx
Noun
hostility
x/xx
Noun
rebuke
x/
Noun
backlash
/x
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
outrage
/x
Noun
malevolence
x/xx
Noun
redress
x/
Noun
oppression
x/x
Noun
death
/
Noun
deliverance
x/xx
Noun
transgressors
x/x
Noun
offender
x/x
Noun
action
/x
Noun
fury
/x
Noun
killing
/x
Noun
censure
/x
Noun
compensation
xx/x
Noun
obliteration
xxx/x
Noun
torment
/x
Noun
provocation
xx/x
Noun
reward
x/
Noun
vendetta
x/x
Noun
nemesis
/xx
Noun
corporal punishment
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
sentence
/x
Noun
mayhem
/x
Noun
penalty
/xx
Noun
capital punishment
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
crucifixion
xx/x
Noun
brutality
x/xx
Noun
offense
x/
Noun
hard labor
//x
Phrase, Noun
depredation
xx/x
Noun
stroke
/
Noun
blackmail
/x
Noun
injury
/xx
Noun
tort
/
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun
threat
/
Noun
death penalty
//xx
Phrase, Noun
assassination
xxx/x
Noun
compulsion
x/x
Noun
hate crime
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Phrase, Noun
karmic
/x
Adjective
incapacitation
xxxx/x
Noun
overtakes
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Verb
exacting
x/x
Verb, Adjective
merited
/xx
Adjective
fearful
/x
Noun
deserved
x/
Adjective
defrauded
x/x
Verb
swift
/
Adjective
divine
x/
Adjective
assent
x/
Noun, Verb
calamity
x/xx
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
doom
/
Noun, Verb
fee
/
Noun, Verb
impunity
x/xx
Noun
misfortune
x/x
Noun
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
payment
/x
Noun
remuneration
xxx/x
Noun
restitution
xx/x
Noun
sanction
/x
Noun, Verb
scolding
/x
Noun
stipend
/x
Noun, Verb
tortured
/x
Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun